Psychology: emotions

This is not a funny book--but it is the first to bring together contemporary experimental studies on humor.

This is not a funny book--but it is the first to bring together contemporary experimental studies on humor.

A core interest of social science is the study of stratification--inequalities in income, power, and prestige.

A core interest of social science is the study of stratification--inequalities in income, power, and prestige.

Those who address conflict resulting from differing socio-economic groups (stratification systems) focus on the arousal of negative emotions.

Those who address conflict resulting from differing socio-economic groups (stratification systems) focus on the arousal of negative emotions.

This book is about how Western social psychology interfaces with an Eastern Zen Buddhist perspective.

This book is about how Western social psychology interfaces with an Eastern Zen Buddhist perspective.

Many mothers have disturbing fantasies of killing their children.

Many mothers have disturbing fantasies of killing their children.

Humor, wit, and laughter surround each person.

Humor, wit, and laughter surround each person.

Pleasure is biologically desirable and good for physical and mental health.

Pleasure is biologically desirable and good for physical and mental health.

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts themselves present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts themselves present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.

Positive psychological science has experienced extraordinary growth over the past two decades.

Psychology, Emotion and Intuition in Work Relationships: The Head, Heart and Gut Professional highlights the increasing importance of human relations in professional life.

Psychology, Emotion and Intuition in Work Relationships: The Head, Heart and Gut Professional highlights the increasing importance of human relations in professional life.

This volume draws together the work of a diverse range of thinkers and researchers to address the question of happiness critically, using a wide variety of theoretical and empirical methodologies.

This volume draws together the work of a diverse range of thinkers and researchers to address the question of happiness critically, using a wide variety of theoretical and empirical methodologies.

The intersection between morality and emotion is not always easily discernible.

The intersection between morality and emotion is not always easily discernible.

Are there objective moral truths (things that are morally right or wrong independently of what anybody thinks about them)?

Are there objective moral truths (things that are morally right or wrong independently of what anybody thinks about them)?

Emotional Schema Therapy: Distinctive Features offers a concise overview to what is distinctive about this new approach to helping clients cope with "e;difficult"e; emotions.

Emotional Schema Therapy: Distinctive Features offers a concise overview to what is distinctive about this new approach to helping clients cope with "e;difficult"e; emotions.

An empirical study of imaginative responses to music.

An empirical study of imaginative responses to music.

The time has gone by when any one man could hope to write an adequate text book of psychology.

The time has gone by when any one man could hope to write an adequate text book of psychology.

Humor at its best is a somewhat fluid and transitory element, but most books about it are illustrated with hardened old jokes from the comic papers, or classic witticisms jerked out of their context.

Humor at its best is a somewhat fluid and transitory element, but most books about it are illustrated with hardened old jokes from the comic papers, or classic witticisms jerked out of their context.

Emotions of Menace and Enchantment examines four pivotal human emotions.

Emotions of Menace and Enchantment examines four pivotal human emotions.

Luck permeates our lives, and this raises a number of pressing questions: What is luck?

Luck permeates our lives, and this raises a number of pressing questions: What is luck?

Emotion, Affective Practices, and the Past in the Present is a response to debates in the humanities and social sciences about the use of emotion.

Emotion, Affective Practices, and the Past in the Present is a response to debates in the humanities and social sciences about the use of emotion.

In The 7Cs of Coaching, Bruce Grimley expertly explains neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to the advanced coach and counsellor by asking a simple question: 'What is NLP?

In The 7Cs of Coaching, Bruce Grimley expertly explains neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to the advanced coach and counsellor by asking a simple question: 'What is NLP?

The Political Sociology of Emotions articulates the political sociology of emotions as a sub-field of emotions sociology in relation to cognate disciplines and sub-disciplines.

The Political Sociology of Emotions articulates the political sociology of emotions as a sub-field of emotions sociology in relation to cognate disciplines and sub-disciplines.

Personal Grief Rituals presents a new model for how bereaved individuals can create unique expressions of mourning that are tailored to their psychological needs and grounded in memories and emotions specific to the relationship they lost.

Personal Grief Rituals presents a new model for how bereaved individuals can create unique expressions of mourning that are tailored to their psychological needs and grounded in memories and emotions specific to the relationship they lost.

Integrating Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Clinical Practice shows counseling and other mental health professionals how the theoretical bases and evidence-based practices of motivational interviewing (MI) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) can be used together to maximize client outcomes.

Integrating Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Clinical Practice shows counseling and other mental health professionals how the theoretical bases and evidence-based practices of motivational interviewing (MI) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) can be used together to maximize client outcomes.

Do you feel happier on a sunny day?

The study of emotions in International Relations is gaining wide-spread attention.

The study of emotions in International Relations is gaining wide-spread attention.