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81 FBI L. Enforcement Bull. 1 (2012)
The Role of Emotion in Predicting Violence

handle is hein.journals/fbileb81 and id is 3 raw text is: The Role of Emotion in Predicting Violence By DAVID MATSUMOTO, Ph.D., HYI SUNG HWANG, Ph.D., and MARK G. FRANK, Ph.D. motion, one crucial as- pect of human behavior often overlooked by re- searchers, operators, and policy- makers who often view it as too soft for serious consideration or research, serves a crucial purpose in understanding any individual or group behavior. For the individual, emotions are evolved information-processing systems that aid in survival.I These transient, fleeting reac- tions to events can impact a person's welfare and require immediate response.2 Emotions prime behaviors by initiating unique physiological signatures and mental structures, aid in bonding memories and cogni- tions, and, most important, serve as a motivator of human behavior.3 Group emotions arise when a sufficient proportion of members share similar emo- tions about their group (the ingroup) or another group (the outgroup), although no definition or consensus in the field exists about what that proportion may be. As in individuals, groups have emo- tional reactions to events that impact their perceived welfare and survival. Group-level emo- tions motivate members' behav- iors as a whole. Woven into the group's overarching narratives of life, they provide guidelines and bases for making attribu- tions about ingroups and out- groups. They aid in regulating social behavior and preventing social chaos.' Thus, a complete understanding of individual or group behavior starts with recognizing the importance of January 2012 / 1

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