Emotions are an elemental part of life - they imbue our existence with meaning...Emotions are an elemental part of life - they imbue our existence with meaning and purpose and influence how we engage with the world around us. But we do not just feel our own emotions; we typically express them in the presence of other people. How...more
Emotions play a powerful role in close relationships. Significant progress has...Emotions play a powerful role in close relationships. Significant progress has been made in understanding the temporal features of emotions associated with the development and maintenance of close relationships across the lifespan. This advancement...more
Emotions are an elemental part of life - they imbue our existence with meaning...Emotions are an elemental part of life - they imbue our existence with meaning and purpose and influence how we engage with the world around us. But we do not just feel our own emotions; we typically express them in the presence of other people. How...more
Landscapes ofEmotion is a fascinating look at the cultural construction of em...Landscapes of Emotion is a fascinating look at the cultural construction of emotions examining how people in different cultures shape ideas and talk about emotion. The primary subjects of the book are the Minangkabau a matrilineal Moslem culture of...more
Landscapes ofEmotion is a fascinating look at the cultural construction of em...Landscapes of Emotion is a fascinating look at the cultural construction of emotions examining how people in different cultures shape ideas and talk about emotion. The primary subjects of the book are the Minangkabau a matrilineal Moslem culture of...more
This volume brings together critical analysis ofthe phenomenon called interpe...This volume brings together critical analysis of the phenomenon called interpersonal expectations--a sub-area of social psychology that studies how the expectations of one person affects the behavior of another in an interactive setting. It is...more
This volume brings together critical analysis ofthe phenomenon called interpe...This volume brings together critical analysis of the phenomenon called interpersonal expectations--a sub-area of social psychology that studies how the expectations of one person affects the behavior of another in an interactive setting. It is...more
Who is called emotional ? And what does it mean? How do we know that a person ...Who is called emotional ? And what does it mean? How do we know that a person is speaking from the heart ? The prevailing stereotype is that she is emotional while he is not. In Speaking From the Heart Stephanie Shields uses examples from everyday...more
Emotions cannot be understood independently ofthesocial relationships and gr...Emotions cannot be understood independently of the social relationships and groups where they occur since the social world is defined by emotion and emotions are defined by the social world. This book examines the interplay of emotions and social...more
In his important new book Thomas Scheff offers an innovative approach to resea...In his important new book Thomas Scheff offers an innovative approach to researching human behavior that relates the smallest parts of social interaction to the greatest wholes of social structure. These are the details and connections usually found...more
The central argument of this book is that emotion is meaningful and meaning is...The central argument of this book is that emotion is meaningful and meaning is emotional. The modern world is forcing us to understand emotion in order to cope with new problems such as road rage and epidemic levels of depression as well as age-old...more
This book is about emotionand personality focusing on how emotion powerfully ...This book is about emotion and personality focusing on how emotion powerfully influences moment-to-moment thoughts behaviors and interpersonal interactions. Though emotion is continually present it is seldom in consciousness and thus affects lives...more
This book is about emotionand personality focusing on how emotion powerfully ...This book is about emotion and personality focusing on how emotion powerfully influences moment-to-moment thoughts behaviors and interpersonal interactions. Though emotion is continually present it is seldom in consciousness and thus affects lives...more
The concept of intersubjectivity has emerged as a common denominator in approa...The concept of intersubjectivity has emerged as a common denominator in approaches to infant communication and children s understanding of thought and emotion in others. This book brings together for the first time leading international figures in...more
Emotions have a life beyond the immediate eliciting situation as they tend to ...Emotions have a life beyond the immediate eliciting situation as they tend to be shared with others by putting the experience in narrative form. Narrating emotions helps us to express understand and share them: the way we tell stories influences how...more