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SAGE Journal User Guide

Article 1: Oatley, K. (2010). Two movements in emotions: Communication and reflection. Emotion Review, 2, (1). 29-35

[This article presents Stoics’ view on emotions and how modern people can benefit from Stoical wisdom.]

Questions to Consider:

1. Identify authors/thinkers that contributed to early psychological knowledge on emotions. According to Aristotle and Stoics, what are human emotions? What role does responsibility play in Sartre’s notion of emotions?
2. Describe the first and second movements in emotions according to Stoics. Do you agree or disagree with Chrysippus’s conceptualization of a real emotion? Explain why.
3. Briefly summarize and discuss research findings that are presented in the article regarding the first and second movements in emotions. Give an example from your personal life where a distinction between the first and second movements in emotions could be made.
4. Discuss potential benefits that we can draw based on Epictetus’s notion on emotions.
5. What does it mean to choose among desires and emotions according to Stoics? Can you find a parallel to Stoics thinking in your life?

Article 2: Boss, J. (2009). The rise and decline of character: Humoral psychology in ancient and early modern medical theory. History of the Human Sciences, 22, (3). 29-50.

[This article presents and examines psychological elements of Humoral theory and its influence on broader psychological knowledge.]

Questions to Consider:

1. Identify the major characteristics of Humoralism. Discuss the role that Humoral theory played in Ancient medicine.
2. Discuss how the conceptualization of character (ethos) is presented in terms of the Humoral theory.
3. What are some associations, presented in this article, between an individual’s immediate environment in terms of geographical region and his/her character? What do you think of such classification?
4. What role does Galen’s work play in the further development of psychological knowledge? What role in scientific advancements did Humoralism played in connecting mental and physical phenomena?