Psychology of fear [[electronic resource] ] : new research / / Allen D. Gervaise, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Disciplina: 152.4/6
• Soggetto topico: Fear
• Altri autori: GervaiseAllen D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR: NEW RESEARCH -- PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR: NEW RESEARCH -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE FAILURE-THREATENED PERSONALITY: ATHEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL SYNTHESIS OF FEAR OF FAILURE RESEARCH -- THE FAILURE-THREATENED PERSONALITY: A SYNTHESIS OF FEAR OF FAILURE RESEARCH -- THE FAILURE-THREATENED PERSONALITY: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS -- MULTIDIMENSIONAL FEAR OF FAILURE -- ONTOGENY OF FEAR OF FAILURE -- SOCIALIZATION OF FEAR OF FAILURE -- FEAR OF FAILURE AND ACHIEVEMENT -- FEAR OF FAILURE, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING -- COMBATING FEAR OF FAILURE -- CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: IN THE FACE OF FEAR: NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION: FROM CATEGORIES TO DIMENSIONS -- 2. THE COGNITIVE APPROACH TO FACIAL EXPRESSION COMPREHENSION -- 3. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONAL FACE PROCESSING -- 4. LEFT AND RIGHT HEMISPHERES IN FACE COMPREHENSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: ANXIETY SENSITIVITY: RECENT RESEARCH AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MEASUREMENT AND LATENT STRUCTURE OF ANXIETY SENSITIVITY -- ANXIETY SENSITIVITY AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS -- ANXIETY SENSITIVITY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF PERSONALITY -- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: FEAR EXPRESSIONS: FUNCTION AND FORM -- ABSTRACT -- FEAR EXPRESSIONS: FUNCTION AND FORM -- FUNCTIONAL THEORIES OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS -- EVIDENCE FOR THE COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS: UNIVERSALITY AND PROCESSING EFFICIENCY -- THE SOCIAL COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS OF FEAR EXPRESSIONS -- THE MORPHOLOGY OF FEARFUL EXPRESSIONS FACILITATES THEIR COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION -- EXPRESSIONS OF FEAR IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES: A POTENTIAL HOMOLOGUE? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. ; Chapter 5: DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATION OR BLOCKADE IN THE MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX SUPPRESSES EXTINCTION OF CONDITIONED FEAR IN RATS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: THE AMYGDALA AND FEAR MEMORIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NEURONAL AROUSAL MECHANISMS -- THE AMYGDALA -- MEASURES OF AROUSAL -- RECOGNITION MEMORY -- HIPPOCAMPUS AND THE PERIRHINAL CORTEX IN RECOGNITION -- MEMORY IS BOOSTED BY AROUSAL -- MODELS OF AROUSAL ENHANCED MEMORY -- NEUROIMAGING STUDIES -- HUMAN LESION STUDIES -- GENETIC PREDICTORS OF EMOTIONAL MEMORY FUNCTION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: FEAR AND ANXIETY IN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL CONCEPTS AND TREATMENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FEAR AND ANXIETY -- 3. THE COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL MODEL OF FEAR -- 4.METHODS OF INTERVENTION IN COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPIES FOR ANXIETY -- 5. EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATEMENTS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: THE ROLE OF NEGATIVE AFFECTIVE VALENCE IN RETURN OF FEAR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Titolo autorizzato: Psychology of fear
• ISBN: 1-62081-875-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811723503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.