Emotions A Brief History

by Oatley, Keith

• ISBN13: 9781405113144
• ISBN10: 1405113146
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-17
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Jack C. McCormac is Alumni Distinguished Professor o Civil Engineering, Emeritus at Clemson University. He holds a BS in civil engineering from the Citadel, an MS in civil engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Doctor of Letters from Clemson University. His contributions to engineering education and the engineering profession have been recognized by many, including the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Institute of Steel Construction, and the American Concrete Institute. Professor McCormac was included in the International Who's Who in Engineering, and was named by the Engineering News-Record as one of the top 125 engineers or architects in the world in the last 125 years for his contributions to the construction industry. He was one of only two educators living in the world today to receive this honor.

Author Biography

Keith Oatley is Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Toronto. He is the author of more than 120 journal articles and chapters and five books, including Understanding Emotions (Blackwell, 1996).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	x
Acknowledgements	xii
CHAPTER 1 MEANING AND AMBIGUITY	1	(18)
Emotions: Signals of What is Vital
CHAPTER 2 EVOLUTION, CULTURE, AND A NECESSARY AMBIVALENCE	19	(20)
Inherited Repertoires of Emotion Built Upon by Culture and Experience
CHAPTER 3 MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL	39	(19)
From Epicureans and Stoics via the Seven Deadly Sins to Cognitive Therapy
CHAPTER 4 EMOTIONS AND THE BRAIN	58	(18)
Accidents, Imaging Technologies, the New Psychopharmacology
CHAPTER 5 SOCIAL HISTORIES: EMOTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS	76	(22)
Social Goals of Aggression, Attachment, Affiliation, and Their Mixtures
CHAPTER 6 INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES	98	(20)
Emotional Development from Childhood to Maturity
CHAPTER 7 EMOTIONAL DISORDERS	118	(16)
Excesses of Sadness, Anxiety, Shame, and Anger
CHAPTER 8 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE	134	(22)
What Is It to be Emotionally Intelligent? Are There Skills to Learn?
Notes	156	(10)
References	166	(15)
Name Index	181	(4)
Subject Index	185