Daydreams and the Function of Fantasy

Informationen zum Autor Meta Regis is an English teacher at Stella Maris College, Australia. She received her PhD from Macquarie University, Australia in 2006 and was previously a Tutor in Philosophy and Seminar Leader in Psychology at Macquarie. Klappentext This book seeks to re-define the role of fantasy in human life by overturning mainstream psychology's understanding of daydreams as being task-distracted mind wandering by proposing that all waking fantasies function to transform mood states into specific emotional reactions. Zusammenfassung This book seeks to re-define the role of fantasy in human life by overturning mainstream psychology's understanding of daydreams as being task-distracted mind wandering by proposing that all waking fantasies function to transform mood states into specific emotional reactions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Obsessive Fans and Daydreaming Computers - A New Model of Daydreaming 2. Empirical Studies on Daydreaming 3. The Major Models of Daydreaming 4. Frequent Daydreaming Populations and Systems of Fantasy Immersion 5. The Inner Workings of Fantasy: Daydreams as Natural Advertisements 6. Celebrity Worship and Fantasy Immersion 7. Escapes into Fiction: Violent Sexual Fantasy, Magical Reversal and Human Sexuality 8. The Origins of Daydreaming: Self-Soothing Practices in Early Childhood 9. General Conclusions

List of contents

1. Obsessive Fans and Daydreaming Computers - A New Model of Daydreaming 2. Empirical Studies on Daydreaming 3. The Major Models of Daydreaming 4. Frequent Daydreaming Populations and Systems of Fantasy Immersion 5. The Inner Workings of Fantasy: Daydreams as Natural Advertisements 6. Celebrity Worship and Fantasy Immersion 7. Escapes into Fiction: Violent Sexual Fantasy, Magical Reversal and Human Sexuality 8. The Origins of Daydreaming: Self-Soothing Practices in Early Childhood 9. General Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: M Regis, M. Regis, Meta Regis
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349453269
• ISBN: 978-1-349-45326-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; B, Emotion, Cultural Studies, Psychology, personality, Psychology: emotions, Emotions, Social Psychology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Psychology Research, Behavioral Sciences and Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Differential Psychology, cognitive psychology, Psychological methodology, Popular Science in Psychology, Experiential research, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Daydreams;fantasy;emotion;mind;psychology