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Proportional emotional response: a response whose intensity

Proportional emotional response: a response whose intensity matches the actual significance of the triggering event, where disproportionate reactions (over- or under-responding) indicate miscalibration between the emotional system and environmental reality

Why This Is a Definition

Genus: intensity-matched response. Differentia: proportional to actual significance, disproportion = miscalibration.

Source Lessons

L-1362

Appropriate emotional response matches the situation

Wise emotional responses are proportional to the actual significance of the event.

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