{"product_id":"understanding-emotions-isbn-9781405131025","title":"Understanding Emotions","description":"\u003cp\u003eKeith Oatley and Jennifer M. Jenkins’s best-selling book on the psychology of emotions is the most highly regarded and engaging text for the emotions course. While retaining its interdisciplinary breadth, historical insights, and engaging format, this new edition adds the expertise of outstanding researcher and dedicated teacher Dacher Keltner. The \u003ci\u003esecond edition\u003c\/i\u003e has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research and developments in emotions and includes the following features:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCohesive synthesis of evolutionary and cultural approaches to emotion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew chapters on communication of emotion, bodily changes, and appraisal\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncreased emphasis on interpersonal implications of emotions, including studies of newly discovered expressions and systems of communication\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew coverage on moral judgment, individual differences, gene-environment interactions, and positive emotions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew coverage of subjective well-being and pro-social emotions like gratitude and compassion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUpdated references throughout reflect current research and data, including research on affective neuroscience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA new design and pedagogical features include new integrated boxes that depict historical landmarks and historical figures, updated tables, boldfaced terms, and end-of-chapter summaries.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Instructor's Manual with lecture notes and teaching tips is available upon request. Please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com\/oatley.\u003c\/p\u003e  Figures. \u003cp\u003eTables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Perspectives on Emotion:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Approaches to Understanding Emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Evolution of Emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Cultural Understandings of Emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Elements of emotion:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Communication of Emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Bodily Changes and Emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Brain Mechanisms of Emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Appraisal, Knowledge, and Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Emotions and Social Life:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Development of Emotions in Childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Emotions in Social Relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Emotion and Cognition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Emotions and the Individual:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Individual Differences and Personality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Emotion and Mental Health in Childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Emotions and Mental Health in Adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Psychotherapy, Consciousness, and Well-being.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index.\u003c\/p\u003e  “This new edition is as delightful and informative as its predecessor. It includes the important advancements in research made over the past 10 years, and carries the clear fruits of its enlarged authorship.” \u003ci\u003eNico Frijda, University of Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Emotions\u003c\/i\u003e provides an admirable theoretical integration of empirical research and, at the same time, makes emotion research relevant to our everyday lives. It is the perfect book for both undergraduate and graduate-level courses on emotion.” \u003ci\u003eBatja Mesquita, Wake Forest University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Oatley\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Cognitive Science Program, University of Toronto. He is the author of more than 130 scholarly articles and seven books, including \u003ci\u003eEmotions: A Brief History\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2004), and two novels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDacher Keltner\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of psychology at University of California at Berkeley, and the author of more than 80 scholarly articles and one book. He received the 2000 Templeton Positive Psychology Prize for Excellence in Research, and two university-wide teaching awards at UC Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer M. Jenkins\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology at the University of Toronto. She is co-editor, with Keith Oatley, of \u003ci\u003eHuman Emotions: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1998). She now heads a large research project on gene-environment interactions in children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990429417701,"sku":"NP9781405131025","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405131025.jpg?v=1761787792","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/understanding-emotions-isbn-9781405131025","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}