Causes and consequences of feelings / Leonard Berkowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berkowitz, Leonard, 1926- author.

Series:

Studies in emotion and social interaction. Second series.

Studies in emotion and social interaction. Second series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions.

Affect (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Causes & Consequences of Feelings

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I The Nature and Origin of Feelings; 1. Feelings: Their Nature and Causes; 2. More on the Causes of Feelings; PART II Feelings and Memory; 3. Influences of Feelings on Memory; 4. Personal Traumas and Memory; PART III Affective Influences on Cognitive Processes; 5. The Influence of Feelings on Judgments and Decision Making; 6. Feelings, Persuasion, and Motivation; PART IV Influencing Action; 7. Feeling Effects on Aggression and Helpfulness; Notes; Introduction; 1. Feelings: Their Nature and Causes

2. More on the Causes of Feelings3. Influences of Feelings on Memory; 4. Personal Traumas and Memory; 5. The Influence of Feelings on Judgments and Decision Making; 6. Feelings, Persuasion, and Motivation; 7. Feeling Effects on Aggression and Helpfulness; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-243) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11590-6

0-511-15577-8

0-511-30254-1

0-511-60610-9

1-280-43227-6

0-511-17541-8

0-511-05122-0

0-521-63325-7

OCLC:

559738480