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Theories of Emotion
- 1st Edition - March 28, 1980
- Editors: Robert Plutchik, Henry Kellerman
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 7 0 0 1 - 2
Emotion: Theory, Research, and Experience, Volume 1: Theories of Emotion, presents broad theoretical perspectives representing all major schools of thought in the study of the… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEmotion: Theory, Research, and Experience, Volume 1: Theories of Emotion, presents broad theoretical perspectives representing all major schools of thought in the study of the nature of emotion. The contributions contained in the book are characterized under three major headings - evolutionary context, psychophysiological context, and dynamic context. Subjects that are discussed include general psycho-evolutionary theory of emotion; the affect system; the biology of emotions and other feelings; and emotions as transitory social roles. Psychologists, sociobiologists, sociologists, psychiatrists, ethologists, and students the allied fields will find the text a good reference material.
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Part I The Evolutionary Context
Chapter 1 A General Psychoevolutionary Theory of Emotion
Abstract
Emotion as a Hypothetical Construct
Emotions in Animals
Emotions and Evolution
Emotions and Cognitions
The Multiple Languages of Emotion
Emotions and Personality
Diagnostic Concepts as Derivatives of Emotions
Ego Defenses as Regulators of Emotions
Universal Problems of Adaptation
References
Chapter 2 The Function of Emotions in Behavioral Systems: A Systems Theory Analysis
Abstract
Systems of Social Behavior
Emotions in Relation to Behavioral Systems
Experiments on the Systemic Nature of Affect in Dogs
Language and the Emotions
Discussion and Conclusions
References
Chapter 3 Strategies of Social Interaction
Abstract
Phylogenetic Adaptations in Animals
Phylogenetic Adaptations in Humans
Some Basic Strategies of Social Interactions
Strategies of Friendly Encounter
Summary and Discussion
References
Chapter 4 An Ethological Assessment of Emotion
Abstract
Introduction: Historical Preconceptions
Primate Peculiarities
The Two Modes
Autonomie Infrastructure of Bimodal Arousal
Plutchik's Fundamental Scheme
Delineation of Emotion by Bull, Ekman, and Tomkins
Self-Protection and Protection within the Agonic Society
The Inclusion of Prototypic Rejection Behavior as a Social Response
Allotypic Rejection
The Ethological Status of Human Emotions: Prototypic Rejection in the Social Context
Mating Behavior
Bimodal Psychological Theory
Summary
References
Chapter 5 Toward a Sociobiological Theory of the Emotions
Abstract
Anatomy and Physiology: About Sociobiology
Kinship: Other Sociobiological Treatments of the Emotions
Territorial Expansion: A Sociobiological View of Central Questions in Emotion Theory
Recombination: Toward a Sociobiological Definition of Emotion
Offspring: Genital Plethysmography and Its Relevance to Emotion Theory
Recapitulation of Ontogeny: Conclusions
References
Part II The Psychophysiological Context
Chapter 6 Affect as Amplification: Some Modifications in Theory
Abstract
Introduction
Basic Affects
Activators of Affects
Appraisal of Affect
Affect as Amplification: A Refinement
The Skin: A Central Variable for Affect
Affect as Amplifier of Response
Research and Clinical Implications
Ideo-Affective Ideology and the Face
Personality Implications of Facial Responses
References
Chapter 7 Aspects of Consciousness and Personality in Terms of Differential Emotions Theory
Abstract
Basic Premises of Differential Emotions Theory
Patterns of Emotions
The Development of the Emotion System
Emotions as Interactants with Other Subsystems of Personality
The Regulation of Emotions
Research and Clinical Implications
References
Chapter 8 Emotions: A Cognitive-Phenomenological Analysis
Abstract
Background
Emotions from a Cognitive-Phenomenological Perspective
Other Core Principles
Defining Emotion
Phylogenetic Issues
Positively Toned Emotions
Concluding Thoughts
References
Chapter 9 The Generation of Emotion: A Psychological Theory
Abstract
The Intent of a Psychology of Emotion
History of a Theory: Parents and Cousins
Building Blocks and Cement
Generating Emotions—Generalities and Specifics
Personality, Pathology, and Other Applications
Extensions and Elaborations
Prospects and Problems
References
Chapter 10 The Biology of Emotions and Other Feelings
Abstract
Emotional Behavior as an Expression of the Experience of Internal States
The Protocritic Dimension of Stimuli
Protocritic Processing by Core-Brain Control Mechanisms
The Cortical Contribution to a Labeling of Feelings
Conclusion
References
Chapter 11 The Communication of Emotion: Theory of Sentics
Abstract
Emotion and Its Expression: Some Historical Aspects
Experimental Measurement of Essentic Form
Experimental Tests for Distinguishing Basic Emotions
Time Form Printing by the Nervous System
Some Predictions of Sentic Theory Capable of Verification
Intensity
Emotions and Knowledge
Personal Active (Dionysian) and Contemplative (Apollonian) Modes of Emotional Experience and Expression
Virtual Body Images in Relation to the Apollonian and Dionysian Modes
Concerning the Evolution of Emotions and Their Communication
References
Part III The Dynamic Context
Chapter 12 A Constructivist View of Emotion
Abstract
The Definition of Emotion
Emotional Syndromes as Transitory Social Roles
The Problem of Basic Emotions
Paradigms of Emotion
Concluding Observations
References
Chapter 13 A Psychoanalytic Theory of Affects
Abstract
The Present Theory
Ontogeny of Affect
The Labeling of Affects
Mixed Affects
Unpleasure and Development
References
Chapter 14 A Structural Model of Emotion and Personality: Psychoanalytic and Sociobiological Implications
Abstract
Epigenetic and Evolutionary Elements of Personality
Psychoanalytic Background
The Problem of Determining a Basic Emotion System
Emotions and Defenses
A Proposed Model of Emotion and Defense Mechanisms
The Relation of Emotions, Defense Mechanisms, and Clinical Diagnosis
The Diagnostic System
Accessible versus Impedance States
A Basic System of Nightmares and Their Intrapsychic Designations
A Concluding Note
References
Epilogue
Subject Index
- No. of pages: 424
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 28, 1980
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483270012
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