The Function of Emotions When and Why Emotions Help Us /

This eye-opening text brings together research from behavioral science, neuroscience, and other fields to make a cogent case for emotions acting as a practical framework for living our lives. A dozen basic emotions are analyzed in terms of what causes them, how they change thoughts and behaviors, an...

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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
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ISBN:9783319776194
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Chapter 1.What do Emotions do for Us?
  • Chapter 2.Fear and Anxiety
  • Chapter 3.On Sentinels and Rapid Responders: The Adaptive Functions of Emotion Dysregulation
  • Chapter 4.Sadness, the Architect of Cognitive Change
  • Chapter 5.On the Functions of Sadness and Grief
  • Chapter 6.Boredom - What is it Good For?
  • Chapter 7.The Adaptive Functions of Jealousy
  • Chapter 8.Functions of Anger in the Emotion System
  • Chapter 9.Nurturant Love and Caregiving Emotions
  • Chapter 10.The Functional and Dysfunctional Aspects of Happiness: Cognitive, Physiological, Behavioral, and Health Considerations
  • Chapter 11.Awe: A Self-Transcendent and Sometimes-Transformative Emotion
  • Chapter 12.Emotions of Excellence: Communal and Agentic Functions of Pride, Moral Elevation, and Admiration
  • Chapter 13.The Emotion Toolkit: Lessons from the Science of Emotion.