ABSTRACT
In the Psychological Introduction, discussion of the theory of emotions (see Chapter XI) was left in abeyance till data could be secured as proof or disproof of the validity of the view put forward. It is now time to consider what conclusions may be reached. To avoid repetition I shall assume that the reader has in mind the hypothesis advanced. It will be recalled that there were three questions to which answer was sought: Are there such things as emotions existing as independent mental phenomena? Is repression always demonstrable when emotion appears? What are the psychological mechanisms by which an emotion comes into being?
