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Handbook of Emotions

Name: Handbook of Emotions
Author: Michael Lewis
ISBN: 9781609180447

by Michael Lewis

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Overview

Once relegated to the back burner of psychological science, emotions are now recognized as an essential area of interdisciplinary investigation. This fully revised and updated second edition of the Handbook of Emotions provides a comprehensive analysis of what is currently known about emotion in human behavior. Demonstrating the vitality and strength of the field--and illuminating promising directions for future research-- new and revised chapters bring readers up to date on the extensive theoretical and empirical gains that have been made since the publication of the classic first edition. Unique in the breadth and depth of its coverage, the second edition of the Handbook is the definitive resource for students, researchers, and clinicians.

This book contains black-and-white illustrations.

About the Author, Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Director of the Institute for the Study of Child Development at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Lewis has written or edited more than 30 books on developmental psychology, and he was rated as number one in scholarly impact in the field of developmental psychology in a survey published in Developmental Review. Jeannette M. Haviland-Jones, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Human Emotions Lab at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She has written extensively about emotional development for over 25 years. Her long-time research interests have included lifespan changes in displays of emotion, gender differences in emotions, and the organizing effects of emotion on cognition and on personality. Recently she has initiated research on the chemosensory aspects of emotion communication, including studies on the emotional environment. Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory at Northeastern University, with research appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Her major research focus is on the nature of emotion from social-psychological, psychophysiological, cognitive science, and neuroscience perspectives. Dr. Barrett has published over 120 papers, book chapters, and books. A recipient of prestigious research awards, she is currently Co- Editor in Chief of Emotion Review.

Biography

Twenty-four year-old Princeton graduate Michael Lewis had recently received his master's degree from the London School of Economics when Salomon Brothers hired him as a bond salesman in 1985. He moved to New York for training and witnessed firsthand the cutthroat, scruple-free culture that was Wall Street in the 1980s. Several months later, armed only with what he'd learned in training, Lewis returned to London and spent the next three years dispensing investment advice to Salomon's well-heeled clientele. He earned hundreds of thousands of dollars and survived a 1987 hostile takeover attempt at the firm. Nonetheless, he grew disillusioned with his job and left Salomon to write an account of his experiences in the industry. Published in 1989, Liar's Poker remains one of the best written and most perceptive chronicles of investment banking and the appalling excesses of an era.

Since then, Lewis has found great success as a financial journalist and bestselling author. His nonfiction ranges over a variety of topics, including U.S./Japanese business relations (Pacific Rift), the 1996 presidential campaign (Trail Fever), Silicon Valley (The New New Thing), and the Internet boom (Next: The Future Just Happened). He investigated the economics of professional sports in Moneyball (2003) and The Blind Side (2006); and, in 2008, he edited Panic, an anthology of essays about the major financial crises of 1990s and early "oughts."

Good To Know

Michael Lewis attended Isidore Newman School in his native New Orleans, LA -- a private college prep school that counts among its more distinguished alumni historian Walter Isaacson, children's book author Mo Willems, singer Harry Connick, Jr., and famous pro-football siblings Peyton and Eli Manning.

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Editorials

Choice Reviews

"The contributors constitute a Who's Who of emotion scientists with a judicious mix of established and rising researchers. This is the book on emotions. No library should be without it....Essential. All readers, all levels."--Choice Reviews

From the Publisher

"When selecting a textbook for my graduate students, I look for something that comprehensively describes the major theories and controversies in the discipline, written by well-recognized scholars. The Handbook of Emotions is just that. It is often difficult to find a text on affective processes that does not simply espouse one particular theorist’s perspective. The Handbook, however, provides models from a variety of perspectives, offering my students a well-rounded approach to emotion theory and research. This textbook remains a primary resource for my doctoral psychology students."--Thomas B. Virden, PhD, Clinical Psychology Program, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona "Emotion links all of psychology, making this handbook essential across the discipline. This 'who's who' and 'what's what' in emotion provides an indispensable foundation for students and scholars. Each reader will find much that is new in this rapidly changing and pivotal field. Personality and social psychologists appear at center stage, flanked on one side by biology and development, and on the other by cognition and application. The field of emotion--and this handbook--helps define what it means to be fully human."--Susan T. Fiske, PhD, Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, Princeton University

"Of the many brain functions that influence human behavior, none are more important than emotions. Emotions are also major determinants of a person's quality of life and health. In the past 30 years, knowledge about emotions has grown exponentially, and we are fortunate to have this handbook to provide detailed, comprehensive coverage of these advances. For those investigating emotions, as well as clinicians who care for patients with mood and emotional disorders, this book is essential reading."--Kenneth M. Heilman, MD, James E. Rooks Jr. Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Health Psychology, The University of Florida

"The Handbook of Emotions has established itself as the standard reference in its field. Comprehensive, cogent, incisive, and authoritative, this volume is truly extraordinary. Its coverage and writing style make it a suitable text for graduate (and even advanced undergraduate) courses in human emotions. No other treatment of emotion touches so broadly and crisply on the major subfields of emotion, including basic, applied, medical, and mental health approaches. This third edition belongs on the shelves of everyone striving to understand emotions, and is a splendid high-level invitation to explore what has become one of the central fields of study in the behavioral sciences."--Joseph J. Campos, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, and Cofounder, International Society for Research on Emotions

"Once again, Lewis et al. have made it easy for anyone in the scholarly community to gain a rich appreciation of the current state of knowledge regarding emotions. This edition of the Handbook allows the current cohort of active investigators to see the next set of questions that must be answered."--Jerome Kagan, PhD, Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Harvard University

Choice

"The contributors constitute a Who's Who of emotion scientists with a judicious mix of established and rising researchers. This is the book on emotions. No library should be without it....Essential. All readers, all levels."--Choice

Choice Reviews

"The contributors constitute a Who''s Who of emotion scientists with a judicious mix of established and rising researchers. This is the book on emotions. No library should be without it....Essential. All readers, all levels."--Choice Reviews

Booknews

The first edition was selected by as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1995. The second edition, with 73 contributors and 43 essays, is divided into seven sections, beginning with Interdisciplinary Foundations, which includes essays on the philosophy of emotions, and emotions in art and the humanities. Biological and Neurophysiological Approaches features discussions on emotions in the mammalian brain and facial expressions of emotions. Social and Personality Issues examines, for example, emotional expression in groups, and gender and emotion. Cognitive Factors includes articles on emotion and memory, and current directions in emotional intelligence research. Health and Emotions explores such topics as emotions and immunity, and the final section features a host of articles on selected emotions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

From The Critics

Reviewer: Gary B Kaniuk, Psy.D.(Cermak Health Services)
Description: This book discusses various aspects of emotion and its relationship to behavior. This third edition updates the second edition of 2000.
Purpose: The editors note that the book "seeks to be both a compendium of what we have learned and an introduction to new areas that have caught our imagination."
Audience: It is intended for researchers, students, and practitioners in social, personality, developmental, clinical, and health psychology; neuropsychology; psychiatry; and related disciplines. Dr. Lewis is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Jones, a professor of psychology at Rutgers has published extensively in this field and her recent research involves chemosensory aspects of emotion. Dr. Barrett is professor of psychology at Boston College and has published over 80 papers and book chapters. The numerous contributors provide an international perspective from Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States.
Features: "The book begins with a background in the study of emotions, including philosophy, history, and evolutionary perspectives. It goes on to discuss physiological, developmental, health, personality, and social aspects. Lastly, the authors target specific emotions. Each subtopic is thoroughly covered. The discussion of positive emotions (chapter 48) is well written and provides a nice discussion of the "broaden and build" theory. There are no obvious shortcomings, but I would have liked more tables and/or figures because it is easy to get lost in the minutiae of the text. It is an impressive work, with 848 pages devoted to the topic and research findings. It contains both an author and subject index. "
Assessment: This wonderful reference presents 49 different subtopic areas in order to better explain the concept of emotion. Emotion has been a widely debated topic by philosophers for centuries. This book appears to be the gold standard in the field based on the distinguished editors and authors and the fact that it continues to be revised as new theories and research occur. All in all, this is a tremendous contribution to psychology and our understanding of human nature.