Passion and Reason Making Sense of Our Emotions

Name: Passion and Reason Making Sense of Our Emotions
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ISBN: 9780195104615

ISBN-10: 0195104617

ISBN-13: 9780195104615

Edition: 1996 (Reprint)

Authors: Richard S. Lazarus, Bernice N. Lazarus

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Lazarus draws on his four decades of pioneering research to bring readers the first book to move beyond both clinical jargon and "feel-good" popular psychology to really explain, in plain, accessible language, how emotions are aroused, how they are managed, and how they critically shape our views of ourselves and the world around us. With his co-author, writer Bernice Lazarus, Dr Lazarus explores the latest findings on the short and long-term causes and effects of various emotions, including the often conflicting research on stress management and links between negative emotions and heart disease, cancer, and other aspects of physical and psychological health. Lazarus makes a strong case…

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List price: $47.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/11/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.91" wide x 5.31" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.638



Preface



What This Book is About



Portraits Of The Individual Emotions



The Nasty Emotions: Anger, Envy, and Jealousy



The Existential Emotions: Anxiety-Fright, Guilt, and Shame



Emotions Provoked by Unfavorable Life Conditions: Relief, Hope, Sadness, and Depression



Emotions Provoked by Favorable Life Conditions: Happiness, Pride, and Love



The Empathic Emotions: Gratitude, Compassion, and Those Aroused by Aesthetic Experiences



How To Understand The Emotions



The Nuts and Bolts of Emotion



Coping and the Self-Management of Emotion



How Biology and Culture Affect Our Emotions



The Logic of Our Emotions



Practical Implications



Stress and Emotion



Emotions and Our Health



When Coping Fails-- Psychotherapy Offers a Solution



Final Thoughts


Notes


Index