Re: [xmca] Inappropriate affect

[ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org]

Hello Jay and all interested in this thread:

Please watch Oliver Sacks TED talk.  After watching I am interested if you 
believe what Dr. Sacks is describing is a culturally mediated phenomenon.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/oliver_sacks_what_hallucination_reveals_about_our_minds.html

eric





Jay Lemke <jaylemke@umich.edu>
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Eric,

So how do we know that "culture does not mediate these individual 
responses"? That seem pretty unlikely to me.

JAY.


Jay Lemke
Professor (Adjunct, 2009-2010)
Educational Studies
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
www.umich.edu/~jaylemke

Visiting Scholar
Laboratory for Comparative Human Communication
University of California -- San Diego
La Jolla, CA
USA 92093






On Dec 8, 2009, at 4:33 AM, ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org wrote:

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> Inappropriate affect is a clinical psychiatric term that refers to an
> individual's response to emotion; examples are laughing at hearing 
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> the death of a loved one, crying that someone ate the last piece of 
> pie, or
> outrageous anger that a favorite TV show has been postponed because 
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> weather report.  Culture does NOT mediate these individual responses.
> People exhibit internal drives.  What is discussed when exploring the
> meaning of emotions is aesthetics and not the actual emotions. 
> Animals are
> not happy, they are content.  Humans experience true joy that is not
> mediated by culture and it is what separates us from the animals.
> Archeological evidence is revealing that Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals
> existed at the same time; one succeeded due to a development of a 
> culture.
> I dare say that culture developed as a result of shared emotional
> experiences found beyond what other animals experience.  Humans are
> extremely vulnerable and within this vulnerability they have found 
> their
> greatest strength!
> eric
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>> Andy; you and I have discussed much of CHAT and have come to 
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>> it comes to true emotions you have yours and I have mine.  Hegel I
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