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Emotions : a brief history / Keith Oatley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell brief histories of psychologyPublisher: Oxford : Blackwell, 2004Description: 184 pISBN:
  • 1405113146 (hbk.) :
  • 1405113154 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 152.409 22
Contents:
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?
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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?

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