Passion and reason [[electronic resource] ] : making sense of our emotions / / Richard S. Lazarus, Bernice N. Lazarus

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777625603321
• Autore: Lazarus Richard S
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, c1994
• ISBN: 0-19-773644-0; 1-280-52726-9; 0-19-802483-5; 1-4294-0587-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LazarusBernice N
• Disciplina: 152.4
• Soggetti: Adjustment (Psychology); Affect (Psychology); Emotions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-311) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. What This Book Is About; I: Portraits of the Individual Emotions; 2. The Nasty Emotions: Anger, Envy, and Jealousy; 3. The Existential Emotions: Anxiety-Fright, Guilt, and Shame; 4. Emotions Provoked by Unfavorable Life Conditions: Relief, Hope, Sadness, and Depression; 5. Emotions Provoked by Favorable Life Conditions: Happiness, Pride, and Love; 6. The Empathic Emotions: Gratitude, Compassion, and Those Aroused by Aesthetic Experiences; II: How to Understand the Emotions; 7. The Nuts and Bolts of Emotion; 8. Coping and Self-Management of Emotion; 9. How Biology and Culture Affect Our Emotional Lives10. The Logic of Our Emotions; III: Practical Implications; 11. Stress and Emotion; 12. Emotions and Our Health; 13. When Coping Fails-Psychotherapy Offers a Solution; 14. Final Thoughts; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Passion and Reason draws on four decades of research to bring readers the first book to move beyond both clinical jargon and 'feel-good' popular psychology to explain how emotions are aroused, how they are managed, and how they critically shape views of ourselves and the ; world around us.