Emotion - Softcover

Kalat, James W.; Shiota, Michelle N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534612180 ISBN 13: 9780534612184

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Have you ever wondered about the basis of human emotion? EMOTION presents the most recent research in the area and provides you with in-depth coverage of how topics such as neuroscience, culture, and development relate to the study of emotion. With a student-friendly writing style, this psychology text reflects new thinking about the area of emotion and encourages you to think critically about this topic.

About this title

About the Author:

James W. Kalat is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at North Carolina State University, where he taught courses in introduction to psychology and biological psychology from 1977 through 2012. He received an AB degree summa cum laude from Duke University and a PhD in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the author of INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (10th Edition) and co-author with Michelle Shiota of EMOTION (2nd Edition). In addition to textbooks, he has written journal articles on taste-aversion learning, the teaching of psychology, and other topics. He was twice the program chair for the annual convention of the American Psychological Society, now named the Association for Psychological Science.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0534612180
• ISBN 13: 9780534612184
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 397