Screen LibraryThe psychological construction of emotion /
"This volume presents cutting-edge theory and research on emotions as constructed events rather than fixed, essential entities. It provides a thorough introduction to the assumptions, hypotheses, and scientific methods that embody psychological constructionist approaches. Leading scholars exami...
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The Guilford Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This volume presents cutting-edge theory and research on emotions as constructed events rather than fixed, essential entities. It provides a thorough introduction to the assumptions, hypotheses, and scientific methods that embody psychological constructionist approaches. Leading scholars examine the neurobiological, cognitive/perceptual, and social processes that give rise to the experiences Western cultures call sadness, anger, fear, and so on. The book explores such compelling questions as how the brain creates emotional experiences, whether the "ingredients" of emotions also give rise to other mental states, and how to define what is or is not an emotion. Introductory and concluding chapters by the editors identify key themes and controversies and compare psychological construction to other theories of emotion"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 479 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781462516971 1462516971 |
| Index Number: | BF531 |
| CLC: | B842.6 |
| Call Number: | B842.6/P974-9 |
| Contents: |
An introduction to psychological construction / Part I. Foundations : Mental mechanisms and psychological construction / Ten common misconceptions about psychological construction theories of emotion / Part II. Psychological construction theories : The conceptual act theory: a roadmap / The neuroscience of construction: what neuroimaging approaches can tell us about how the brain creates the mind / Emotions as semantic pointers: constructive neural mechanisms / Affect dynamics: iterative reprocessing in the production of emotional responses / My psychological constructionist perspective, with a focus on conscious affective experience / Emotions as emergent variables / Part III. Core affect : Brain mechanisms of pleasure: the core affect component of emotion / Mesolimbic dopamine and emotion: a complex contribution to a complex phenomenon / An approach to mapping the neurophysiological state of the body to affective experience / Part IV. Commentary and consilience : Can an appraisal model be compatible with psychological constructionism? / Basic emotions, psychological construction, and the problem of variability / A sociodynamic perspective on the construction of emotion / Evolutionary constraints and cognitive mechanisms in the construction of an emotion: insights from human and nonhuman primates / Part V. Integration and reflection : The greater constructionist project for emotion / Construction as an integrative framework for the science of the emotion / Afterword : Emotional construction in the brain / |