Motives and Emotions in a General Learning System

The re la t i onsh ip between motives, emotions and learning in the design of i n t e l l i g e n t systems has received r e l a t i v e l y l i t t l e considera t ion to date. C l a r i f i c a t i o n of the r e l a t i o n ship involves tack l i ng fundamental questions such as the su rv i va l value or adaptive funct ion of motives and emotions in i n t e l l i g e n t systems, the nature of mot iva t iona l and emotional processes which are features of ' i n n a t e ' endowment, the learn ing of add i t i ona l motives and emotions as a resu l t of environmental i n t e r a c t i o n , and the resu l t s of the inf luence of motives and emotions on learning processes and, conversely, the e f fec t of learning processes on the nature of motives and emotions.