The function of emotions : when and why emotions help us /: when and why emotions help us. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: When and why emotions help us
• Further Information: Note: Heather C. Lench, editor.
• Editors: Lench, Heather (Heather C.)
• Contents: Intro; Dedication; Synopsis; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Chapter 1: What Do Emotions Do for Us?; A New Perspective on Emotion; Defining Emotion; Functional Accounts of Emotion; The Importance of Function; An Invitation to Consider Emotions; References; Chapter 2: Fear and Anxiety; Defining Fear and Anxiety; The Functions of Fear and Anxiety; The Neurophysiology and Behavior of Fear and Anxiety; Insights About Normative Fear and Anxiety from Developmental Science; Abnormal Fear and Anxiety: Implications for Mental Health; Unresolved Questions; References. Chapter 3: On Sentinels and Rapid Responders: The Adaptive Functions of Emotion DysregulationAttachment Theory and Emotion; The Classic Attachment Perspective on Affect Regulation; A Social Defense Theory Perspective; Advantages and Disadvantages of Secure Individuals' Defensive Reactions; Advantages of Anxiously Attached Individuals: The Upregulation of Emotion; Advantages of Avoidantly Attached Individuals: The Downregulation of Emotion; Attachment, Threat, and the Effectiveness of Heterogeneous Groups; Beyond Attachment: A Nuanced Understanding of Emotion Regulation; References. Chapter 4: Sadness, the Architect of Cognitive ChangeWhat Makes People Sad?; What Good Does It Do to Feel Sad?; Expressive and Behavioral Change; Cognitive Change; Evidence that Sadness Is Adaptive; Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: On the Functions of Sadness and Grief; Sadness; Grief; Mourning Cycle; Signals and Cues; Sadness as Cue; Grief as Signal; Weeping as Surrender/Solicit Signal; Depressive Realism; Purpose of Sadness and Grief; Immune Response; Ritualization; Coevolved Responsiveness; The Differential Costs and Benefits of Weeping; Executive Control; Crying Alone; Infant Crying. Cultural CodaPhenomenology; Reprise; References; Chapter 6: Boredom: What Is It Good For?; What Is Boredom?; The Physiology of Boredom; This Is Your Brain on Boredom; Self-Regulation and Boredom; What Causes Boredom?; Can Boredom Help?; What Is Next for Boredom Research?; References; Chapter 7: The Adaptive Functions of Jealousy; Jealousy; Consequences of Jealousy; Early Theories of Jealousy; Jealousy from an Evolutionary Perspective; Implications from Considering Jealousy's Ultimate Functions; Future Directions: Maladaptive Jealousy in Modern Contexts; Conclusion; References. Chapter 8: Functions of Anger in the Emotion SystemWhat Is an Emotion: A Functional Approach; Elicitors of Anger and Other Emotions in the Emotion System; Anger and Other Emotions as Response Syndromes; Emotions as Coping Strategies: The Functions of Emotions; Functions of the Emotion Components within an Emotion Strategy; From Emotion Strategies to Emotion Functions; Variability in Emotional Response; Emotions as General-Purpose Coping Strategies; Emotions as Alternatives to Motives; Emotions as Alternatives to Each Other; Functional Relationships between Eliciting Appraisals and Emotions.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 152.4; Psychology; Emotions; Emotions -- Physiological aspects; Emotions -- Health aspects; Emotions -- Social aspects; PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology; Psychology; Emotion; Personality and Social Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Emotions; Emotions -- Health aspects; Emotions -- Physiological aspects; Emotions -- Social aspects; Psychology -- Personality; Psychology -- Cognitive Psychology; The self, ego, identity, personality; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Consciousness; Psychology -- Emotions; Psychology: emotions; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319776194; 3319776193
• Related ISBNs: 9783319776187; 3319776185
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 25, 2018).
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