Emotion and motivation / edited by Marilynn B. Brewer and Miles Hewstone. - viii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Perspectives on social psychology . - Perspectives on social psychology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Affect and Emotions -- Introduction -- The Nature of Emotion -- Understanding People's Perceptions of Relationships is Crucial to Understanding their Emotional Lives -- Emotional Experience in Close Relationships -- Poker Face, Smiley Face, and Rant 'n' Rave: Myths and Realities about Emotion in Negotiation -- Mood and Emotion in Groups -- Affect as a Cause of Intergroup Bias -- Social Motivation -- Introduction -- On the Motives Underlying Social Cognition -- Goal Setting and Goal Striving -- Self-esteem -- The Self We Know and the Self We Show: Self-esteem, Self-presentation, and the Maintenance of Interpersonal Relationships -- Motivational Aspects of Empathic Accuracy -- Helping and Altruism -- Social Comparison Motives in Ongoing Groups -- Aversive Discrimination -- Author Index -- Subject Index. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Part II. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

1405110686 9781405110686

2003011036


Emotions--Social aspects
Motivation (Psychology)--Social aspects

BF531 / .E4826 2004

152.4