Emotions : a brief history /
Oatley, Keith.
Emotions : a brief history / Keith Oatley. - 184 p. - Blackwell brief histories of psychology . - Blackwell brief histories of psychology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Meaning and ambiguity : emotions : signals of what is vital -- Evolution, culture, and a necessary ambivalence : inherited repertoires of emotion built upon by culture and experience -- Medicine for the soul : from epicureans and stoics via the seven deadly sins to cognitive therapy -- Emotions and the brain : accidents, imaging technologies, the new psychopharmacology -- Social histories : emotions and relationships : social goals of aggression, attachment, affiliation, and their mixtures -- Individual histories : emotional development from childhood to maturity -- Emotional disorders : excesses of sadness, anxiety, shame, and anger -- Emotional intelligence : what is it to be emotionally intelligent? Are there skills to learn?
1405113146 (hbk.) : £40.00 1405113154 (pbk.) : £12.99
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Emotions--History
152.409
Emotions : a brief history / Keith Oatley. - 184 p. - Blackwell brief histories of psychology . - Blackwell brief histories of psychology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Meaning and ambiguity : emotions : signals of what is vital -- Evolution, culture, and a necessary ambivalence : inherited repertoires of emotion built upon by culture and experience -- Medicine for the soul : from epicureans and stoics via the seven deadly sins to cognitive therapy -- Emotions and the brain : accidents, imaging technologies, the new psychopharmacology -- Social histories : emotions and relationships : social goals of aggression, attachment, affiliation, and their mixtures -- Individual histories : emotional development from childhood to maturity -- Emotional disorders : excesses of sadness, anxiety, shame, and anger -- Emotional intelligence : what is it to be emotionally intelligent? Are there skills to learn?
1405113146 (hbk.) : £40.00 1405113154 (pbk.) : £12.99
GBA452970 bnb
Emotions--History
152.409