Laird, James D.,

Feelings : the perception of self / James D. Laird. - xi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Series in affective science . - Series in affective science. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253) and index.

The problem of feelings -- Emotional expressions -- Postures, gaze, and action -- Autonomic arousal and emotional feeling -- Theoretical summary on emotion -- Nonemotional feelings : confidence, pride, and self-esteem -- Motivation and hunger -- Cognitive feelings of knowing, familiarity, and tip of the tongue -- Attitudes and cognitive dissonance -- Self-perception theory in full -- Self-perception, levels of organization, and the mind-body relation. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

"In this volume, James D. Laird presents hundreds of studies, all demonstrating that feelings do indeed follow from behavior. Behaviors that have been manipulated include facial expressions of emotion, autonomic arousal, actions, gaze, and postures. The feelings that have been induced include happiness, anger, fear, romantic love, liking, disliking, hunger, and feelings of familiarity. These feelings do not feel like knowledge because they are knowledge-by-acquaintance, such as the knowledge we have of how an apple tastes, rather than verbal knowledge-by-description, such as the knowledge that apples are red, round, and edible."--BOOK JACKET.

0195098897 9780195098891

2005025705


Emotions.
Self-perception
Psychophysiology.
Self Concept

BF531 / .L29 2007

152.4