Emotional Contagion

Zusammenfassung When we are talking to someone who is depressed it may make us feel depressed! whereas if we talk to someone who is feeling self-confident and buoyant we are likely to feel good about ourselves. This phenomenon! known as emotional contagion! is identified here! and compelling evidence for its effect is offered from a variety of psychological disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Animal research; 3. Developmental research: A. Evidence that children catch their parents' emotions; B. Evidence that parents catch their childrens' emotions; 4. Clinical research: A. Therapists' reaction to clients: i. Clinicians assessment of clients' emotional states: Conscious judgments versus emotional contagion; ii. Do therapists' expectations subtly effect emotional contagion?; B. Psychopathic clients; C. Peoples' reactions to the anxious, depressed, or angry; 5. Social psychological research: A. Cross-cultural research: hysterical contagion; B. Experimental social psychological research; 6. Historical research: A. The dancing manias of the Middle-Ages; B. The great fear of 1789; C. The New York City riots of 1863; D. Man's inhumanity to man; 6. Summing up.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Cacioppo, John T. Cacioppo, Cacioppo Hatfield, Elaine Hatfield, Cacioppo John T., Richard Rapson, Richard L. Rapson
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.10.2004
• EAN: 9780521449489
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44948-9
• Abmessung: 150 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Serien: Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction; Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Psychologie; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin