Mason William A, Capitanio John P
California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, USA.
Emot Rev. 2012 Jun 1;4(3):238-244. doi: 10.1177/1754073912439763.
Emotionality is a basic feature of behavior. The argument over whether the expression of emotions is based primarily on culture (constructivism, nurture) or biology (natural forms, nature) will never be resolved because both alternatives are untenable. The evidence is overwhelming that at all ages and all levels of organization, the development of emotionality is epigenetic: The organism is an active participant in its own development. To ascribe these effects to "experience" was the best that could be done for many years. With the rapid acceleration of information on how changes in organization are actually brought about, it is a good time to review, update, and revitalize our views of experience in relation to the concept of basic emotion.
情绪性是行为的一个基本特征。关于情绪表达主要是基于文化（建构主义、后天培养）还是生物学（自然形式、天性）的争论永远无法解决，因为这两种观点都站不住脚。有压倒性的证据表明，在所有年龄和组织层面，情绪性的发展都是表观遗传的：有机体是自身发展的积极参与者。多年来，将这些影响归因于“经验”是所能做到的最好解释。随着关于组织变化实际如何产生的信息迅速增加，现在是时候回顾、更新和重振我们关于经验与基本情绪概念相关的观点了。
