The Psychology of Emotion: Theories of Emotion in Perspective

Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Son Ltd. New. 1996. Hardcover. 0471966193 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AVOID WEEKS OF DELAY ELSEWHERE. -- 266 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. -- TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface; 1 Introduction 1; 2 Early theory 5; 3 Phenomenological theory 15; 4 Behavioural theory 32; 5 Physiological theory 43; 6 Cognitive theory 61; 7 Ambitious theories 84; 8 Specific emotions theory 111; 9 Developmental theory 125; 10 Social theory 144; 11 Clinical theory 157; 12 Theory from the individual, the environment and the culture 181; 13 Theory outside psychology 195; 14 Emotion themes 213; References 235; Author index 248; Subject index 252. -- DESCRIPTION: The Psychology of Emotion commences with a discussion of the nature of theory and its appraisal. This is both in general and also in the field of emotion in particular. Theories of emotion are categorized and then considered from several bases. These include: experience, behaviour, physiology, cognition, specific emotions, development, social, clinical, individual differences, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, culture, linguistics, and history. Themes are abstracted including, for example, biology, gender, social, constructionism, and post-modernism. The author presents these theoretical issues, encompassing most current emotion theories, including some of the past, and extends the issues further than the field of psychology. He goes on to make authoritative judgements about the relative merits of the theories and, finally, extracts whatever common themes there might be. -- The study of emotion has always been a central part of psychology. Previous editions of this well-known book have helped to guide students and psychologists through the main concepts and research in the field. Over recent years the expansion of work on emotion, particularly the interplay between emotion and cognition, has helped to underline the importance of concepts of emotion, not only for psychologists but also for philosophers and social scientists more generally. This new edition has been radically revised to focus almost entirely on concepts and theories of emotion, without detailed discussion of the underlying empirical research. This textbook provides a uniquely comprehensive survey of the main current theories of emotion, and those past theories that have contributed significantly to the development of the field. Students and scientists who read this book should gain a considerable knowledge about the study of emotion, and also about the nature of theory construction. Well written and accessible, and covering concepts of emotion in the social sciences generally, this text will appeal to a wide range of readers in psychology, philosophy and the social sciences. -- with a bonus offer-- .