The Nature Of Emotion

Author : Andrew S. Fox,Regina C. Lapate,Alexander J. Shackman,Richard J. Davidson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190873134

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The Nature of Emotion by Andrew S. Fox,Regina C. Lapate,Alexander J. Shackman,Richard J. Davidson Pdf

Building on the legacy of the groundbreaking first edition, the Editors of this unique volume have selected more than 100 leading emotion researchers from around the world and asked them to address 14 fundamental questions about the nature and origins of emotion. For example: What is an emotion? How are emotions organized in the brain? How do emotion and cognition interact? How are emotions embodied in the social world? How and why are emotions communicated? How are emotions physically embodied? What develops in emotional development? At the end of each chapter, the Editors--Andrew Fox, Regina Lapate, Alexander Shackman, and Richard Davidson--highlight key areas of agreement and disagreement. In the final chapter--The Nature of Emotion: A Research Agenda for the 21st Century--the Editors outline their own perspective on the most important challenges facing the field today and the most fruitful avenues for future research. Not a textbook offering a single viewpoint, The Nature of Emotion reveals the central issues in emotion research and theory in the words of many of the leading scientists working in the field today, from senior researchers to rising stars, providing a unique and highly accessible guide for students, researchers, and clinicians.

Author : Ursula Hess,Shlomo Hareli
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030329686

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The Social Nature of Emotion Expression by Ursula Hess,Shlomo Hareli Pdf

This book provides an overview of theoretical thinking about the communicative scope of emotional expressions as well as an overview of the state of the art research in emotional psychology. For many years, research in emotional psychology has been primarily concerned with the labeling of emotion expressions and the link between emotion expressions and the expresser’s internal state. Following recent trends in research devoting specific attention to the social signal value of emotions, contributors emphasize the nature of emotion expressions as information about the person and the situation, including the social norms and standards relevant to the situation. Focusing on the role of emotion expressions as communicative acts, this timely book seeks to advance a line of theoretical thinking that goes beyond the view of emotion expressions as symptoms of an intrapersonal phenomenon to focus on their interpersonal function. The Social Nature of Emotion Expression will be of interest to researchers in emotional psychology, as well as specialists in nonverbal behavior, communication, linguistics, ethology and ethnography.

Author : Magda B. Arnold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Emotions
ISBN : UOM:39015001642613

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The Nature of Emotion by Magda B. Arnold Pdf

Author : Kay Milton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134525386

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Loving Nature by Kay Milton Pdf

As the full effects of human activity on Earth's life-support systems are revealed by science, the question of whether we can change, fundamentally, our relationship with nature becomes increasingly urgent. Just as important as an understanding of our environment, is an understanding of ourselves, of the kinds of beings we are and why we act as we do. In Loving Nature Kay Milton considers why some people in Western societies grow up to be nature lovers, actively concerned about the welfare and future of plants, animals, ecosystems and nature in general, while others seem indifferent or intent on destroying these things. Drawing on findings and ideas from anthropology, psychology, cognitive science and philosophy, the author discusses how we come to understand nature as we do, and above all, how we develop emotional commitments to it. Anthropologists, in recent years, have tended to suggest that our understanding of the world is shaped solely by the culture in which we live. Controversially Kay Milton argues that it is shaped by direct experience in which emotion plays an essential role. The author argues that the conventional opposition between emotion and rationality in western culture is a myth. The effect of this myth has been to support a market economy which systematically destroys nature, and to exclude from public decision making the kinds of emotional attachments that support more environmentally sensitive ways of living. A better understanding of ourselves, as fundamentally emotional beings, could give such ways of living the respect they need.

Author : Dylan Evans
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Emotions
ISBN : 0192853767

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Emotion by Dylan Evans Pdf

From Darwin to "Star Trek", Evans offers a lively look at the science of emotions and finds that whether we live in the shadow of Times Square or in the depths of the rain forest, all humans feel disgust, joy, surprise, anger, fear, and distress. 20 halftones.

Author : Robert Plutchik,Henry Kellerman
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781483270012

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Theories of Emotion by Robert Plutchik,Henry Kellerman Pdf

Emotion: Theory, Research, and Experience, Volume 1: Theories of Emotion, presents broad theoretical perspectives representing all major schools of thought in the study of the nature of emotion. The contributions contained in the book are characterized under three major headings - evolutionary context, psychophysiological context, and dynamic context. Subjects that are discussed include general psycho-evolutionary theory of emotion; the affect system; the biology of emotions and other feelings; and emotions as transitory social roles. Psychologists, sociobiologists, sociologists, psychiatrists, ethologists, and students the allied fields will find the text a good reference material.

Author : Glenn A. Albrecht
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781501715242

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Earth Emotions by Glenn A. Albrecht Pdf

As climate change and development pressures overwhelm the environment, our emotional relationships with Earth are also in crisis. Pessimism and distress are overwhelming people the world over. In this maelstrom of emotion, solastalgia, the homesickness you have when you are still at home, has become, writes Glenn A. Albrecht, one of the defining emotions of the twenty-first century. Earth Emotions examines our positive and negative Earth emotions. It explains the author's concept of solastalgia and other well-known eco-emotions such as biophilia and topophilia. Albrecht introduces us to the many new words needed to describe the full range of our emotional responses to the emergent state of the world. We need this creation of a hopeful vocabulary of positive emotions, argues Albrecht, so that we can extract ourselves out of environmental desolation and reignite our millennia-old biophilia—love of life—for our home planet. To do so, he proposes a dramatic change from the current human-dominated Anthropocene era to one that will be founded, materially, ethically, politically, and spiritually on the revolution in thinking being delivered by contemporary symbiotic science. Albrecht names this period the Symbiocene. With the current and coming generations, "Generation Symbiocene," Albrecht sees reason for optimism. The battle between the forces of destruction and the forces of creation will be won by Generation Symbiocene, and Earth Emotions presents an ethical and emotional odyssey for that victory.

Author : Paul Ekman,Richard J. Davidson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 019508943X

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The Nature of Emotion by Paul Ekman,Richard J. Davidson Pdf

The editors of this unique volume have selected 24 leading emotion theorists and asked them to address 12 fundamental questions about the subject of emotion. For example; Are there basic emotions? How do you distinguish emotions from moods, temperament, and emotional traits? Can we control our emotions? Can emotions be non-conscious? What is the relation between emotion and memory? What develops in emotional development? Each chapter addresses a different one of these fundamental questions about emotion, with often divergent answers from 3 to 7 of the following leading researchers: James Averill, Gordon Bower, Linda Camras, Lee Clark, Gerald Clore, Richard Davidson, Judy Dunn, Paul Ekman, Phoebe Ellsworth, Nico Frijda, Hill Goldsmith, Jeffrey Gray, Carroll Izard, Jerome Kaga, Richard Lazarus, Joseph Le Doux, Robert Levenson, Jaak Panksepp, Mary Rothbart, Klaus Shere, Richard Shweder, David Watson, and Robert Zajonc. At the end of each chapter the editors -- Ekman and Davidson -- highlight the areas of agreement and disagreement about each of the 12 questions about emotion. In the final chapter Affective Science: A Research Agenda, the editors describe the research they believe would help answer each of the questions. Not a textbook offering a single viewpoint, The Nature of Emotion, uniquely reveals the central issues in emotion research and theory in the words of many of the leading scientists working in the field today. It is ideal for students, researchers, and clinicians interested in emotion.

Author : Lisa Feldman Barrett
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780544129962

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How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett Pdf

Preeminent psychologist Lisa Barrett lays out how the brain constructs emotions in a way that could revolutionize psychology, health care, the legal system, and our understanding of the human mind. “Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.”—The Wall Street Journal “A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.”—Scientific American “A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the deepest thinker about this topic since Darwin.”—Daniel Gilbert, best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a unique interplay of brain, body, and culture. A lucid report from the cutting edge of emotion science, How Emotions Are Made reveals the profound real-world consequences of this breakthrough for everything from neuroscience and medicine to the legal system and even national security, laying bare the immense implications of our latest and most intimate scientific revolution.

Author : John T MacCurdy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136298127

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The Psychology of Emotion by John T MacCurdy Pdf

This is Volume XII of nineteen in a collection of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Originally published in 1925, this research stemmed from many discussions about the applicability of psychoanalytic principles to manic-depressive insanity, whether the symptoms could be traced to unconscious mental processes in the same way as Jung had demonstrated it to be possible in dementia praecox and ended up with the general objective moving from that of psychopathological to one of psychological conclusions .

Author : Edmund T. Rolls
Publisher : Affective Science
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0198570031

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Emotion Explained by Edmund T. Rolls Pdf

What produces emotions? Why do we have emotions? How do we have emotions? Why do emotional states feel like something? This book seeks explanations of emotion by considering these questions. Emotion continues to be a topic of enormous scientific interest. This new book, a successor to 'The Brain and Emotion', (OUP, 1998), describes the nature, functions, and brain mechanisms that underlie both emotion and motivation. 'Emotion Explained' goes beyond examining brain mechanisms of emotion, by proposing a theory of what emotions are, and an evolutionary, Darwinian, theory of the adaptive value of emotion. It also shows that there is a clear relationship between motivation and emotion. The book also examines how cognitive states can modulate emotions, and in turn, how emotions can influence cognitive states. It considers the role of sexual selection in the evolution of affective behaviour. It also examines emotion and decision making, with links to the burgeoning field of neuroeconomics. The book is also unique in considering emotion at several levels - the neurophysiological, neuroimaging, neuropsychological, behavioural, and computational neuroscience levels.

Author : Michael Brady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429658327

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Emotion: The Basics by Michael Brady Pdf

While human beings might be rational animals, they are emotional animals as well. Emotions play a central role in all areas of our lives and if we are to have a proper understanding of human life and activity, we ought to have a good grasp of the emotions. Michael S. Brady structures Emotion: The Basics around two basic, yet fundamental, questions: What are emotions? And what do emotions do? In answering these questions Brady provides insight into a core component of all our lives, covering: the nature of emotion; emotion, knowledge, and understanding; emotion and action; emotions and social groups; emotion, morality, and art. In this concise and insightful introduction, Brady explains why we are often better off as a result of emotion rather than reason being in the driving seat, as our lives, both individual and social, would be significantly impoverished without the emotions. With a glossary of key terms and suggestions for further reading, Emotion: The Basics is an ideal starting point for anyone seeking a full introduction to the philosophical study of emotion.

Author : David Irons
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1532781822

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The Nature of Emotion by David Irons Pdf

CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Need of an inquiry into the nature of emotion - Explanation of the presentdiversity of opinion on this subject - Introspective examination of concrete cases- Emotion contrasted with cognition - Emotion distinguished from pleasure-pain (1) as reaction, (2) as dependent on special conditions, (3) as involvingqualitative distinctions, (4) as factor in conduct - The distinction between emotion and conation - Summary of results. CHAPTER II. The identification of emotion with pleasure-pain - Emotion as impulse -The analysis of emotion into pleasure-pain and conation - The James-Langetheory - Professor Dewey's position - The views of Professors, Baldwin, Ribot,and Külpe - Mr. Marshall's theory - Emotion as ' excitement ' - Emotion asexplicable in terms of pleasure-pain and cognition - Professor Wundt's theoryConclusion. CHAPTER III. Method to be followed in determining the primary emotions - Objectionsconsidered - The tentative nature of the inquiry - Satisfaction and dissatisfaction as the emotional elements in joy and grief - Discussion of anger - Fear inits various forms - Definition of hope - Ill-feeling in all its forms - Kindlyfeeling (1) as race characteristic, (2) as exemplified in gratitude, pity, affection,etc. - Emotions of repugnance - Admiration and scorn - The self-feelings -The so-called 'intellectual emotions' - The aesthetic, moral, and religious feelings - Conclusion. Note. - The references in the headlines to volume and number apply to the Philosophical Review, from which this thesis has been reprinted. The paging has been made consecutive throughout.

Author : Morton Hunt
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780307568304

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The Story of Psychology by Morton Hunt Pdf

Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Mesmer, William James, Pavlov, Freud, Piaget, Erikson, and Skinner. Each of these thinkers recognized that human beings could examine, comprehend, and eventually guide or influence their own thought processes, emotions, and resulting behavior. The lives and accomplishments of these pillars of psychology, expertly assembled by Morton Hunt, are set against the times in which the subjects lived. Hunt skillfully presents dramatic and lucid accounts of the techniques and validity of centuries of psychological research, and of the methods and effectiveness of major forms of psychotherapy. Fully revised, and incorporating the dramatic developments of the last fifteen years, The Story of Psychology is a graceful and absorbing chronicle of one of the great human inquiries—the search for the true causes of our behavior.

Author : Daniel Goleman,Richard J. Davidson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780399184406

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Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman,Richard J. Davidson Pdf

Two New York Times–bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain. In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your relationship to your achievement level. Unveiling here the kind of cutting-edge research that has made them giants in their fields, Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson show us the truth about what meditation can really do for us, as well as exactly how to get the most out of it. Sweeping away common misconceptions and neuromythology to open readers’ eyes to the ways data has been distorted to sell mind-training methods, the authors demonstrate that beyond the pleasant states mental exercises can produce, the real payoffs are the lasting personality traits that can result. But short daily doses will not get us to the highest level of lasting positive change—even if we continue for years—without specific additions. More than sheer hours, we need smart practice, including crucial ingredients such as targeted feedback from a master teacher and a more spacious, less attached view of the self, all of which are missing in widespread versions of mind training. The authors also reveal the latest data from Davidson’s own lab that point to a new methodology for developing a broader array of mind-training methods with larger implications for how we can derive the greatest benefits from the practice. Exciting, compelling, and grounded in new research, this is one of those rare books that has the power to change us at the deepest level.