The Psychology of Emotions

Carroll E. Izard

Springer Science & Business Media, Oct 31, 1991 - Psychology - 452 pages

Emotions are a part of personality and essential to all human relationships, but how well do we understand what they really are? What are the processes by which they occuer and influence us? How do they affect the way we perceive and interact with the world? In The Psychology of Emotions, author Carroll E. Izard provides a timely overview that focuses on the relevance of emotions to our daily lives as he addresses these and other fundamental questions on the activation, expression, experience, and functions of emotions.

Contents

• Chapter: 1
• Types of Motivation: 11
• An Overview: 20
• Chapter 2: 27
• Differential Emotions Theory: 40
• What Is a Basic Emotion?: 48
• Glossary of Terms: 54
• Conceptualizations of Consciousness: 60
• The Emotions as Organizing Factors in Consciousness: 67
• Hemispheric Functions and Emotions: 74
• Feeling Perceiving and Knowing: 81
• Suggested Readings: 87
• The Activation of Interest: 93
• Physiological Changes Accompanying Interest: 99
• Summary: 106
• The Development and Socialization of Interest: 115
• The Development of InterestCognition Interactions: 118
• The Interaction of Interest with Other Emotions and Drives: 124
• Chapter 6: 130
• Other Functions of Joy: 139
• Joy and Mental Health: 148
• Interactions of Joy with Perception Cognition and Action: 161
• Explaining the Functions of Emotion Experiences: 168
• Summary: 174
• The Significance of Surprise: 180
• The Development and Socialization of Sadness: 193
• The Interaction of Sadness with Other Emotions Cognition: 196
• Sadness in Grief and Depression: 203
• Sadness and Depression: 209
• Summary: 225
• The Facial Expression of Anger: 238
• The Development and Socialization of Anger: 245
• The Hostility Triad: 254
• Contempt: 268
• Distinctions between Hostility and Aggression: 275
• Chapter 13: 278
• The Role of Learning and Experience: 290
• Distinguishing Fear from Other Emotions: 297
• The Functions of Fear: 303
• Summary: 311
• The Expression of Shyness: 314
• Suggested Readings: 327
• Shame and the Defense of Self and Personal Integrity: 343
• Characteristics of Guilt: 356
• Theoretical Conceptions of Guilt: 369
• Experimental Studies of Guilt: 377
• Guilt and Hostility: 383
• Managing Guilt: 389
• The BiologicalEvolutionary Heritage: 395
• Discrete Emotions in Mother Love: 401
• Summary: 407
• Author Index: 433
• Subject Index: 439

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Psychology of Emotions; Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy
• Author: Carroll E. Izard
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media, 1991
• ISBN: 0306438658, 9780306438653
• Length: 452 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Applied Psychology; Psychology / Clinical Psychology; Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition; Psychology / Personality