Admiration

Admiration is a social emotion felt by observing people of competence, talent, virtuous actions,^[1] or skill exceeding standards.^[2] Admiration facilitates social learning in groups.^[3] Admiration motivates self-improvement through learning from role-models.^[4]Admiration is not automatically induced, but is built from active mental evaluations of social and real world knowledge.^[5]

^ Immordino-Yang, Mary Helen; McColl, Andrea; Damasio, Hanna; Damasio, Antonio (2009-05-12). "Neural correlates of admiration and compassion". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (19): 8021–8026. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810363106. PMC 2670880. PMID 19414310.
^ Algoe, S. B., & Haidt, J. (2009). Witnessing excellence in action: The ‘other-praising’ emotions of elevation, gratitude, and admiration. The journal of positive psychology, 4(2), 105–127.
^ Haidt, J., & Seder, P. (2009). Admiration and Awe. Oxford Companion to Affective Science (pp. 4–5). New York: Oxford University Press.
^ Smith, R. H. (2000). Assimilative and contrastive emotional reactions to upward and downward social comparisons. Handbook of social comparison: Theory and research, 173–200.
^ Immordino-Yang, Mary Helen; Sylvan, Lesley (2010-04-01). "Admiration for virtue: Neuroscientific perspectives on a motivating emotion". Contemporary Educational Psychology. Special Issue on “Brain Research, Learning, and Motivation”. 35 (2): 110–115. doi:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.03.003. ISSN 0361-476X.

[:3-1] Immordino-Yang, Mary Helen; McColl, Andrea; Damasio, Hanna; Damasio, Antonio (2009-05-12). "Neural correlates of admiration and compassion". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (19): 8021–8026. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810363106. PMC 2670880. PMID 19414310.

[Algoe-2] Algoe, S. B., & Haidt, J. (2009). Witnessing excellence in action: The ‘other-praising’ emotions of elevation, gratitude, and admiration. The journal of positive psychology, 4(2), 105–127.

[Haidt-3] Haidt, J., & Seder, P. (2009). Admiration and Awe. Oxford Companion to Affective Science (pp. 4–5). New York: Oxford University Press.

[Smith-4] Smith, R. H. (2000). Assimilative and contrastive emotional reactions to upward and downward social comparisons. Handbook of social comparison: Theory and research, 173–200.

[:4-5] Immordino-Yang, Mary Helen; Sylvan, Lesley (2010-04-01). "Admiration for virtue: Neuroscientific perspectives on a motivating emotion". Contemporary Educational Psychology. Special Issue on “Brain Research, Learning, and Motivation”. 35 (2): 110–115. doi:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.03.003. ISSN 0361-476X.

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