Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
4-25-2025
Keywords
complex emotion, cultural differences, development, emotion
Disciplines
Developmental Psychology
Abstract
Complex emotions are ways in which an individual reacts and respond to complex social situations when encountering people and situations in the social world. Thus, complex emotions are ways of coping and adapting to complex social situations. Complex emotions are mental representations that have been studied on a three-level analysis surrounding the body, mind, and society, which translates to the biological and the evolutionary, the mental and the psychological, and the social and the cultural. This approach has been referred to as the neurocognitive sociology of emotions.
Recommended Citation
Choe, Jessica; Lashley, Lisa K.; and Golden, Charles J., "Complex Emotions" (2025). Essays in Developmental Psychology. 38.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/edp/38