Psychology of fear : new research / Allen D. Gervaise, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gervaise, Allen D.

Series:

Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.

Psychology of emotions, motivations and actions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fear.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fear is one of the basic emotions characterised by highly negative affect and psychologic excitation. This book presents current research in the study of the psychology of fear. Topics discussed include the construct of the fear of failure; neuropsychological contributions and empirical evidences in the facial expression of fear; fear and anxiety in psychiatric disorders, cognitive-behavioural concepts and treatments and the role of the affective valence in fear.

Contents:

Intro

PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR: NEW RESEARCH

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: THE FAILURE-THREATENED PERSONALITY: ATHEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL SYNTHESIS OF FEAR OF FAILURE RESEARCH

THE FAILURE-THREATENED PERSONALITY: A SYNTHESIS OF FEAR OF FAILURE RESEARCH

THE FAILURE-THREATENED PERSONALITY: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

MULTIDIMENSIONAL FEAR OF FAILURE

ONTOGENY OF FEAR OF FAILURE

SOCIALIZATION OF FEAR OF FAILURE

FEAR OF FAILURE AND ACHIEVEMENT

FEAR OF FAILURE, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING

COMBATING FEAR OF FAILURE

CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: IN THE FACE OF FEAR: NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION: FROM CATEGORIES TO DIMENSIONS

2. THE COGNITIVE APPROACH TO FACIAL EXPRESSION COMPREHENSION

3. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONAL FACE PROCESSING

4. LEFT AND RIGHT HEMISPHERES IN FACE COMPREHENSION

CONCLUSION

Chapter 3: ANXIETY SENSITIVITY: RECENT RESEARCH AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

INTRODUCTION

THE MEASUREMENT AND LATENT STRUCTURE OF ANXIETY SENSITIVITY

ANXIETY SENSITIVITY AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS

ANXIETY SENSITIVITY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF PERSONALITY

CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Chapter 4: FEAR EXPRESSIONS: FUNCTION AND FORM

FEAR EXPRESSIONS: FUNCTION AND FORM

FUNCTIONAL THEORIES OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

EVIDENCE FOR THE COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS: UNIVERSALITY AND PROCESSING EFFICIENCY

THE SOCIAL COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS OF FEAR EXPRESSIONS

THE MORPHOLOGY OF FEARFUL EXPRESSIONS FACILITATES THEIR COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION

EXPRESSIONS OF FEAR IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES: A POTENTIAL HOMOLOGUE?

REFERENCES.

Chapter 5: DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATION OR BLOCKADE IN THE MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX SUPPRESSES EXTINCTION OF CONDITIONED FEAR IN RATS

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 6: THE AMYGDALA AND FEAR MEMORIES

NEURONAL AROUSAL MECHANISMS

THE AMYGDALA

MEASURES OF AROUSAL

RECOGNITION MEMORY

HIPPOCAMPUS AND THE PERIRHINAL CORTEX IN RECOGNITION

MEMORY IS BOOSTED BY AROUSAL

MODELS OF AROUSAL ENHANCED MEMORY

NEUROIMAGING STUDIES

HUMAN LESION STUDIES

GENETIC PREDICTORS OF EMOTIONAL MEMORY FUNCTION

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Chapter 7: FEAR AND ANXIETY IN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL CONCEPTS AND TREATMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FEAR AND ANXIETY

3. THE COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL MODEL OF FEAR

4.METHODS OF INTERVENTION IN COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPIES FOR ANXIETY

5. EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATEMENTS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW

Chapter 8: THE ROLE OF NEGATIVE AFFECTIVE VALENCE IN RETURN OF FEAR

METHOD

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62081-875-2

OCLC:

923667302