Conceptual disambiguation
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Tourism Social Science Series
Volume
27
First Page
45
Last Page
55
Publisher
Emerald
School
School of Arts and Humanities
Abstract
There is need for definitional clarity when using psychological concepts in tourism research. The same term used in ‘folk psychology’,or behavioural or cognitive psychology can have quite different definitions and associated paradigmatic assumptions. This chapter argues that an understanding of mainstream cognitive psychology is needed when using concepts that are within its explanatory scope. Emotion is one such concept that has been extensively studied in cognitive psychology. The chapter discusses emotion and related terms such as feelings, novelty, unexpectedness and surprise to provide conceptual clarity. This will benefit researchers studying psychology of tourism emotions, tourism behaviour and decision-making.
DOI
10.1108/S1571-504320240000027005
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Comments
Skavronskaya, L. and Scott, N. (2024), "Conceptual Disambiguation", Cognitive Psychology and Tourism (Tourism Social Science Series, Vol. 27), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-504320240000027005