Causes and consequences of feelings

This engaging, scholarly book by one of the leading social psychologists in the world reviews the rapidly growing body of research on the antecedents and consequences of positive and negative affect. Starting with studies that identify the dimensions along which affective experience can be located,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Berkowitz, Leonard, 1926- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2000.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Studies in emotion and social interaction.
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Sumario:This engaging, scholarly book by one of the leading social psychologists in the world reviews the rapidly growing body of research on the antecedents and consequences of positive and negative affect. Starting with studies that identify the dimensions along which affective experience can be located, it considers whether good and bad feelings are opposite ends of a bipolar continuum or are independent dimensions. It then looks at the many conditions that can determine whether an experience is felt as pleasant or unpleasant and examines how feelings can influence thought, memory, and action. For example, the author shows how the associative perspective accounts for mood effects on memory and why creativity is often enhanced by positive feelings. He also discusses how emotion arousal can affect the accuracy of eyewitness testimony and how good is the evidence that unusually hot weather might promote violent crimes.
Notas:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-243) and index.
ISBN:9781107115903
9780511155772
9780511302541
9780511606106
9781280432279
9780511175411
9780511051227
9780521633253