Cognitive Psychology Arena

A General Theory of Emotions and Social Life

• By Warren D. TenHouten

Founded upon the psychoevolutionary theories of Darwin, Plutchik and Izard, a general socioevolutionary theory of the emotions - affect-spectrum theory - classifies a wide spectrum...

Published November 4th 2008 by Routledge.

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Social Relationships

Cognitive, Affective and Motivational Processes

• Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Julie Fitness

Human beings are an intrinsically gregarious species - our personal relationships are of immense interest to us and are a key factor in achieving happiness...

Published May 28th 2008 by Psychology Press.

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Human Emotions

A Sociological Theory

• By Jonathan H. Turner

This major theoretical work takes existing work on the emotions in significantly new directions. It gives a comprehensive account of emotions, beginning with general sociological principles,...

Published June 21st 2007 by Routledge.

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Applying Emotional Intelligence

A Practitioner's Guide

• Edited by Joseph Ciarrochi, John D. Mayer

The explosion of research on emotional intelligence (EI) in the past decade has provided increasing evidence that EI can be measured reliably and can be...

Published January 16th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Psychology of Emotion

Interpersonal, Experiential, and Cognitive Approaches

• By Paula M. Niedenthal, Silvia Krauth-Gruber, François Ric

This textbook discusses fundamental issues in the definition and measurement of emotion, including: conscious and unconscious processes; the ways in which emotions arise in, and...

Published September 18th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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The Laws of Emotion

• By Nico H. Frijda

The Laws of Emotion is an accessible work that reviews much of the insightful new research on emotions conducted over the last ten years. It expands...

Published August 14th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Savoring

A New Model of Positive Experience

• By Fred B. Bryant, Joseph Veroff

This book is about savoring life—the capacity to attend to the joys, pleasures, and other positive feelings that we experience in our lives. The authors...

Published June 30th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior

• By John F. Dovidio, Jane Allyn Piliavin, David A. Schroeder, Louis A. Penner

Written by four leading researchers in the study of prosocial behavior, this book introduces a new perspective on prosocial behavior for the 21st century. Building...

Published April 25th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life

• Edited by Joseph Ciarrochi, Joseph P. Forgas, John D. Mayer

Since the release of the very successful first edition in 2001, the field of emotional intelligence has grown in sophistication and importance. Many new and...

Published January 13th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Cultural Psychology

A Perspective on Psychological Functioning and Social Reform

• By Carl Ratner

Carl Ratner's new book deepens our understanding of psychology by emphasizing the role that cultural factors, such as social institutions, artifacts, and cultural concepts play...

Published November 17th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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