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Emotions : a brief history / Keith Oatley.
- Oatley, Keith.
- Date
- 2004
- Books
Where to find it
About this work
Publication/Creation
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Physical description
1 online resource (xi, 190 pages) : illustrations.
Contributors
Contents
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?
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-180) and indexes.
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780470777114
- 0470777117
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