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Informationen zum Autor James D. Laird is Professor of Psychology in the Frances Hiatt School of Psychology, at Clark University in Worcester, MA. He is a Social Psychologist, and his research has focused most consistently on emotions, especially emotional feelings. Klappentext This book aims to pinpoint the connection feelings have with behaviour - a connection that, while clear, has never been fully explained. Following William James, Laird argues that feelings are not the cause of behavior but rather its consequences; the same goes for behaviour and motives and behaviour and attitudes. He presents research into feelings across the spectrum, from anger to joy to fear to romantic love, that support this against-the-grain view. Laird discusses the problem of common sense, self-perception theory, the association between feelings and higher cognitive processes, and also the literature on facial expression, posture, and gaze. Zusammenfassung Aims to pinpoint the connection feelings have with behaviour. This work presents research into feelings across the spectrum, from anger to joy to fear to romantic love. It discusses the problem of common sense, self-perception theory, the association between feelings and higher cognitive processes, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Problem of Feelings 2: Emotional Expressions 3: Postures, Gaze, and Action 4: Autonomic Arousal and Emotional Feeling 5: Theoretical Summary on Emotion 6: Nonemotional Feelings: Confidence, Pride and Self-Esteem 7: Motivation and Hunger 8: Cognitive Feelings of Knowing, Familiarity, and Tip of the Tongue 9: Attitudes and Cognitive Dissonance 10: Self-Perception Theory in Full 11: Self-Perception, Levels of Organization, and the Mind-Body Relation
