—to study or not to study for weeks and months on end without a rest or time for fun—will be greatly influenced, if not determined, by either of these two emotional responses. However, in a mature and healthy person the last word will be spoken by our higher faculty of the will, about which you will read more later. There are still other emotions that also belong to this group, that which we have called the utilitarian or assertive emotions.6 These serve the purpose of stimulating us to respond to
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