Emotion Books

New and Published Books

1. The Development of Emotional Intelligence

   A Case Study

   By Nadja Reissland

   Series: Concepts in Developmental Psychology

   How do children learn about the expression and meaning of emotions – both happy and sad? This book answers questions regarding the foundation of emotional intelligence, and examines how children become emotionally literate as they are socialised into their family environment from birth to 2...

   Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge
2. Judging Passions

   Moral Emotions in Persons and Groups

   By Roger Giner-Sorolla

   Series: European Monographs in Social Psychology

   Psychological research shows that our emotions and feelings often guide the moral decisions we make about our own lives and the social groups to which we belong. But should we be concerned that our important moral judgments can be swayed by "hot" passions, such as anger, disgust, guilt, shame and...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Psychology Press
3. Emotions, Imagination, and Moral Reasoning

   Edited by Robyn Langdon, Catriona Mackenzie

   Series: Macquarie Monographs in Cognitive Science

   This volume brings together philosophical perspectives on emotions, imagination and moral reasoning with contributions from neuroscience, cognitive science, social psychology, personality theory, developmental psychology, and abnormal psychology. The book explores what we can learn...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Psychology Press
4. Attention, Representation, and Human Performance

   Integration of Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation

   Edited by Slim Masmoudi, David Yun Dai, Abdelmajid Naceur

   This volume presents a rare occasion where scholars from Europe, North Africa and North America share their research programs and findings revolving around an important theme: integration. Despite different research foci and methodologies, there is a strong consensus that we need to understand a...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Psychology Press
5. The Psychology of Implicit Emotion Regulation

   A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion

   Edited by Sander L Koole, Klaus Rothermund

   Series: Special Issues of Cognition and Emotion

   Emotion regulation has traditionally been conceived as a deliberative process, but there is growing evidence that many emotion-regulation processes operate at implicit levels. Implicit emotion regulation is initiated automatically, without conscious intention, and aims at modifying the quality of...

   Published May 5th 2011 by Psychology Press
6. Neuroscience of Decision Making

   Edited by Oshin Vartanian, David R. Mandel

   Series: Contemporary Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience

   The intersection between the fields of behavioral decision research and neuroscience has proved to be fertile ground for interdisciplinary research. Whereas the former is rich in formalized models of choice, the latter is rife with techniques for testing behavioral models at the brain level. As a...

   Published March 10th 2011 by Psychology Press
7. The Routledge Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media

   Edited by Katrin Doveling, Christian von Scheve, Elly A. Konijn

   The impact of mass media on individuals and society is to a great extent based on human emotions. Emotions, in turn, are essential in understanding how media messages are processed as well as media’s impact on individual and social behavior and public social life. Adopting an interdisciplinary...

   Published September 27th 2010 by Routledge
8. The Psychology of Attitudes and Attitude Change

   Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Joel Cooper, William D. Crano

   Series: Sydney Symposium in Social Psychology

   Human beings have a unique ability to create elaborate predispositions and evaluations based on their social experiences. The concept of attitudes is central to understanding how experience gives rise to these predispositions, and psychologists have spent the best part of the past 100 years trying...

   Published May 18th 2010 by Psychology Press
9. Cognition & Emotion

   Reviews of Current Research and Theories

   Edited by Jan De Houwer, Dirk Hermans

   Emotions are complex and multifaceted phenomena. Although they have been examined from a variety of perspectives, the study of the interaction between cognition and emotion has always occupied a unique position within emotion research. Many philosophers and psychologists have been fascinated by the...

   Published March 11th 2010 by Psychology Press
10. Psychology of Self-Regulation

    Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes

    Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Roy F. Baumeister, Dianne M. Tice

    Series: Sydney Symposium in Social Psychology

    The ability to regulate and control our behaviors is a key accomplishment of the human species, yet the psychological mechanisms involved in self-regulation remain incompletely understood. This book presents contributions from leading international researchers who survey the most recent...

    Published May 25th 2009 by Psychology Press