events but also to categorize emotions based on their inherent attractiveness or averseness.

History

The use of the term in psychology entered English with the translation from German ("Valenz") in 1935 of works of Kurt Lewin. The original German word suggests "binding", and is commonly used in a grammatical context to describe the ability of one word to semantically and syntactically link another, especially the ability

1.Previous
3.Next