Elevation (psychology): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Elevation is the opposite of disgust. The term that was coined as a result of research into [[positive psychology]]. Scholars researching [[disgust]] eventually were able to label the opposite term, elevation. Elevation is a moral emotion and is pleasant. It is characterized by a feeling of expansion in the chest, a tingling feeling, and a desire to act morally and do "good". |
Elevation is the opposite of disgust. The term that was coined as a result of research into [[positive psychology]]. Scholars researching [[disgust]] eventually were able to label the opposite term, elevation. Elevation is a moral emotion and is pleasant. It is characterized by a feeling of expansion in the chest, a tingling feeling on the skin, and a desire to act morally and do "good". |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 07:05, 3 June 2007
Elevation is the opposite of disgust. The term that was coined as a result of research into positive psychology. Scholars researching disgust eventually were able to label the opposite term, elevation. Elevation is a moral emotion and is pleasant. It is characterized by a feeling of expansion in the chest, a tingling feeling on the skin, and a desire to act morally and do "good".
References
- Haidt, J. (2003). Elevation and the positive psychology of morality. In C. L. M. Keyes & J. Haidt (Eds.) Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived. Washington DC: American Psychological Association. (pp. 275-289).
External links
Publications on elevation and other subjects within positive psychology
 | This psychology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |