The Psychology of Emotion: From Everyday Life to Theory (TOC)

'it Is Late At Night And You Are Sitting Quietly. The Neighbours Are All Away. Suddenly, There Is A Huge Thump On The Door, A Scream And Then A Deathly Silence...' As Emotion And Emotional Experience Are A Daily Occurrence, They Have Always Been Key Topics Of Study For Psychologists. Now In Its Fifth Edition, The Psychology Of Emotion Is A Classic Student Text On The Subject. This Textbook Offers A Comprehensive Guide To All The Main Theories And Concepts Of Emotion, And Relates These Back To Everyday Life, Using Examples That Everyone Can Identify With. Written In An Engaging, Accessible Style, This Fully Revised Edition Features: * Comprehensive Overview And Discussion Of Main Theories Of Emotion * Real Life Examples To Illustrate Key Concepts * Discussion Topics * Chapter Summaries * Suggestions For Further Reading The Multi-disciplinary Approach Taken Will Appeal To Those Investigating Emotion In The Fields Of Philosophy And The Social Sciences, As Well As To Psychology Students And Lecturers. Everyone Studying Or Teaching Emotion Will Find The Psychology Of Emotion To Be An Invaluable Resource. Content/vii Preface/ix 1 An introduction/1 Some real life/2 What a theory of emotion should do/3 How to use this book/5 Summary/7 Further reading/7 2 Early theory/9 Some real life/10 Early philosophical theories of emotion/10 Darwin/11 McDougall/12 James–Lange/13 Cannon (Cannon–Bard theory)/15 Papez/17 Duffy/17 Conclusions/18 Summary/19 A question of application/19 Further reading/20 3 Phenomenological theory/21 Some real life/22 Stumpf/23 Sartre/24 Buytedjik/25 Hillman/26 Fell/28 de Rivera/29 Denzin/30 Stein, Trabasso and Liwag/31 Self, identity and well-being/32 Conclusions/34 Summary/37 A question of application/37 Further reading/37 4 Behavioural theory/39 Some real life/40 Watson/41 Harlow and Stagner/41 Millenson/42 Weiskrantz/44 Hammond/45 Gray/46 Staats and Eifert/46 Conclusions/47 Summary/50 A question of application/50 Further reading/51 5 Physiological theory/53 Some real life/54 Earlier physiologically based views/55 The neuroscience approach/57 The evolutionary approach/64 Conclusions/70 Summary/73 A question of application/73 Further reading/73 6 Cognitive theory/75 Some real life/76 Maranon/78 Arnold/78 Schachter/79 Leventhal/81 Bower/83 Oatley and Johnson-Laird/84 Lazarus/86 Ellsworth/88 Frijda/89 The cognition–emotion relationship/90 Conclusions/95 Summary/98 A question of application/98 Further reading/99 7 Ambitious theory/101 Some real life/102 Leeper/104 Tomkins/104 Averill/105 Mandler/106 Buck/109 Oatley and Johnson-Laird/112 Izard/115 Ortony/119 Frijda/121 Conclusions/127 Summary/129 A question of application/129 Further reading/129 8 Specific emotions theory/131 Introduction/132 Anger/133 Anxiety and fear/135 Happiness/135 Sadness/137 Disgust/138 Jealousy and envy/139 Grief/141 Love/142 Shame and other self-conscious, self-reflexive emotions/144 Conclusions/148 Summary/150 A question of application/150 Further reading/151 9 Developmental theory/153 Some real life/154 Sroufe/155 Giblin/156 Attachment theory/156 Fischer, Shaver and Carnochan/157 Izard and Malatesta (Malatesta-Magai)/159 Malatesta-Magai/160 Izard, again/162 Camras/162 Lewis/164 Harris/166 Cognition in development/167 Emotion regulation/168 Conclusions/172 Summary/174 A question of application/174 Further reading/175 10 Social theory/177 Some real life/178 Davitz – a dictionary/180 Eibl-Eibesfeldt – ethology/181 Frijda – dimensionality/182 de Rivera – social relationships/183 Berscheid – more social relationships/184 Rime ́ – social sharing/186 Heise and O’Brien – group expression/186 Ekman – facial expression/187 Conclusions/189 Summary/191 A question of application/192 Further reading/192 11 Clinical theory/193 Some real life/194 Cognitive approaches to emotional dysfunction/197 Anxiety/199 Depression/209 Stress and coping/212 Psychophysiology, psychosomatics and health/213 Alexithymia/216 Conclusions/217 Summary/219 A question of application/219 Further reading/220 12 The individual and the environment/221 Some real life/222 Personality/223 Sex/226 Gender/227 Artificial emotion/231 The environment/232 Spirituality/233 Conclusions/235 Summary/237 A question of application/237 Further reading/238 13 Emotion and culture/239 Some real life/240 Emotion at work/241 Emotion and sport/244 Emotion and the arts/246 Conclusions/253 Summary/255 A question of application/256 Further reading/256 14 Theory outside psychology/257 Some real life/258 Philosophy/259 History/264 Anthropology/265 Sociology/267 Culture/270 Conclusions/273 Summary/276 A question of application/276 Further reading/277 15 Emotion themes/279 Some real life/280 Summary of theoretical perspectives/281 Biological foundations/282 Social construction of emotions/284 Postmodern themes in emotion/289 Emotion as discourse/292 Emotional experience/293 Emotions and morality/294 Emotions and feelings/295 Conclusions/296 Summary/299 A final question of application/299 Further reading/299 References/301 Author index/319 Subject index/325 This textbook offers a ... guide to all the main theories and concepts of emotion, and relates these back to everyday life, using examples that everyone can identify with ... The multidisciplinary approach taken will appeal to those investigating emotion in the fields of philosophy and the social sciences, as well as to psychology students and lecturers.-Back cover "The multidisciplinary approach taken will appeal to those investigating emotion in the fields of philosophy and the social sciences, as well as to psychology students and lecturers. Everyone studying or teaching emotion will find The Psychology of Emotion to be an invaluable resource."--Jacket