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Above and below the surface: Genetic and cultural factors in the development of values

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

Sara Dellantonio
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, I-38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy. [email protected]://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sara_Dellantonio
Luigi Pastore
Affiliation:
Department of Education, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari “A. Moro”, 70121 Bari (BA), Italy. [email protected]://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luigi_Pastore
Gianluca Esposito
Affiliation:
Affiliative Behaviour & Physiology Lab, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, I-38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy. [email protected]://abp.dipsco.unitn.it Social & Affective Neuroscience Lab, Division of Psychology, Nanyang Technological University, 637332, Singapore. [email protected]://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/sanlab/

Abstract

In the Attitude–Scenario–Emotion (ASE) model, social relationships are subpersonnally realized by sentiments: a network of emotions/attitudes representing relational values. We discuss how relational values differ from moral values and raise the issue of their ontogeny from genetic and cultural factors. Because relational values develop early in life, they cannot rely solely on cognition as suggested by the notion of attitude.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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