The Psychological Construction Of Emotion [EPUB]

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This volume presents cutting-edge theory and research on emotions as constructed events rather than fixed, essential entities. It provides a thorough introduction to the assumptions, hypotheses, and scientific methods that embody psychological constructionist approaches. Leading scholars examine the neurobiological, cognitive/perceptual, and social processes that give rise to the experiences Western cultures call sadness, anger, fear, and so on. The book explores such compelling questions as how the brain creates emotional experiences, whether the "ingredients" of emotions also give rise to other mental states, and how to define what is or is not an emotion. Introductory and concluding chapters by the editors identify key themes and controversies and compare psychological construction to other theories of emotion.

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  • Year: 2,014

  • Language: English

  • Topic: 198

  • Identifier: 9781462517022,9781462516971,2014025248

  • Asin: B00O23TWF0

  • Lcc: BF531.P776 2014

  • Org File Size: 2,701,160

  • Extension: epub

  • Tags: psychology emotion neuroscience

  • Toc: Title Page Copyright Page About the Editors Contributors Acknowledgments 1. An Introduction to Psychological Construction LISA FELDMAN BARRETT and JAMES A. RUSSELL PART I. FOUNDATIONS 2. Mental Mechanisms and Psychological Construction MITCHELL HERSCHBACH and WILLIAM BECHTEL 3. Ten Common Misconceptions about Psychological Construction Theories of Emotion LISA FELDMAN BARRETT PART II. PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSTRUCTION THEORIES 4. The Conceptual Act Theory: A Roadmap LISA FELDMAN BARRETT, CHRISTINE D. WILSON-MENDENHALL, and LAWRENCE W. BARSALOU 5. The Neuroscience of Construction: What Neuroimaging Approaches Can Tell Us about How the Brain Creates the Mind SUZANNE OOSTERWIJK, ALEXANDRA TOUROUTOGLOU, and KRISTEN A. LINDQUIST 6. Emotions as Semantic Pointers: Constructive Neural Mechanisms PAUL THAGARD and TOBIAS SCHRÖDER 7. Affect Dynamics: Iterative Reprocessing in the Production of Emotional Responses WILLIAM A. CUNNINGHAM, KRISTEN DUNFIELD, and PAUL E. STILLMAN 8. My Psychological Constructionist Perspective, with a Focus on Conscious Affective Experience JAMES A. RUSSELL 9. Emotions as Emergent Variables JAMES A. COAN and MARLEN Z. GONZALEZ PART III. CORE AFFECT 10. Brain Mechanisms of Pleasure: The Core Affect Component of Emotion MORTEN L. KRINGELBACH and KENT C. BERRIDGE 11. Mesolimbic Dopamine and Emotion: A Complex Contribution to a Complex Phenomenon JOHN D. SALAMONE, MERCÈ CORREA, PATRICK A. RANDALL, and ERIC J. NUNES 12. An Approach to Mapping the Neurophysiological State of the Body to Affective Experience IAN R. KLECKNER and KAREN S. QUIGLEY PART IV. COMMENTARY AND CONSILIENCE 13. Can an Appraisal Model Be Compatible with Psychological Constructionism? ANDREW ORTONY and GERALD CLORE 14. Basic Emotions, Psychological Construction, and the Prob