What Psychological Research Tells Us About Our Emotions
The Science of Feelings: What Psychological Research Tells Us About Our Emotions is a story of our emotions; a story of why and how we feel as human beings. It is a tale of our emotions, told by philosophers, biologists, neuroscientists, sociologists, and economists. Drawing on the rich psychological research on emotions, this revised edition invites you to revisit your emotions and to better appreciate and understand how feeling states define us and our humanity.
In the last 50 years or so, psychological science has shed light on the essence of what makes us human—why we experience a range of feelings from joy to sadness, anger to fear, and compassion to contempt. Yet, the science of emotion remains mostly inaccessible to the curious reader and those outside academic circles.
This revised edition offers the most up-to-date research findings, data and insights on the study of emotions, simplifying specialised knowledge into engaging, easy-to-read language. It discusses how emotions, empathy and well-being interact with technology in the age of AI and outlines key takeaways of each chapter for easy understanding.
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1 Experiencing Emotions Again for the First Time
2 Between the Universal and the Unique
3 Emotions Lexicon Part I: Anger to Melancholy
4 Emotions Lexicon Part II: Nostalgia to Zeal
5 Personality and Emotion
6 Necessarily Irrational
7 Emotions in Interpersonal Relationships
8 Feeling With, and Acting as One
9 The Happiness of Nations
10 The Future of Emotion
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Index
Eugene Tee, PhD, MAPP, is Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, HELP University, Malaysia. He holds a PhD in Management from the University of Queensland and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He lectures, researches, publishes and provides training on emotions and positive psychology, and is the founder of Emotivity. He is a regular speaker on BFM89.9 and author of Mindfulness and Emotions: Understanding Your Mind and the Benefits of Being Present and Of Bromances and Biting Cute Babies: Questions About Emotions You (Probably) Never Thought of Asking.
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