TY - BOOK AU - Oatley,Keith TI - Emotions: a brief history T2 - Blackwell brief histories of psychology SN - 1405113146 (hbk.) : U1 - 152.409 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Oxford PB - Blackwell KW - Emotions KW - History N1 - 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? ER -