What Is Emotion? - History, Measures, and Meanings

Informationen zum Autor Jerome Kagan is professor of psychology emeritus and former director of the Mind/Brain Behavior Interfaculty Initiative! Harvard University. Klappentext Examines what exactly we do know about emotions! which popular assumptions about emotions are incorrect! and how scientific study must proceed if we are to uncover the answers to persistent and evasive questions about emotions. This book explores the evidence for great variation in the frequency and intensity of emotion among different cultures. Zusammenfassung Examines what exactly we do know about emotions! which popular assumptions about emotions are incorrect! and how scientific study must proceed if we are to uncover the answers to persistent and evasive questions about emotions. This book explores the evidence for great variation in the frequency and intensity of emotion among different cultures.

Product details

• Authors: Jerome Kagan, Kagan Jerome
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.2009
• EAN: 9780300143096
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14309-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality