The Psychology of Emotion - Kenneth T. Strongman

This all-embracing text, rather than taking an idiosyncratic stance, gives a full and representative coverage of the psychology of emotion. In recent years there has been something of an explosion into the investigation of emotion - new ideas, fresh theories and innovative research techniques have begun to open up the field in a way that has never happened before. This has led to the development of new ideas of study such as emotion and memory, lateralisation, emotion considered in the total life-span, as well as a proliferation of research into emotional expression. Throughout the 1970s the balance of power behind attemps to understand emotion began to change from the behavioural to the cognitive. That change is now complete, the behavioural approach to emotion has virtually disappeared and every aspect of emotion appears to depend on cognitive considerations. All of these changes and developments are reflected in the third edition of this well established and unique text.