Emotions and Life: Perspectives from Psychology, Biology, and Evolution - Hardcover

Plutchik, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557989494 ISBN 13: 9781557989499

Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn, 2003

Synopsis

Written in an engaging narrative style that conveys the authors' broad knowledge of the subject, the theories of evolution, recent research, manifestations, applications in clinical and therapeutic settings, and methods used for measurement are described for the study of emotion in humans and animals. Plutchik's (emeritus, psychiatry and psychology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) text is designed for the undergraduate or beginning graduate classroom, with each chapter containing a preview and summary. The history of research, approaches, new research, and specific cases of the emotions of love and sadness, and emotional disorders are among the topics. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Plutchik, PhD, is professor emeritus of psychiatry and psychology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, as well as adjunct professor at the University of South Florida. He has taught at Columbia, Rostra, Yeshiva, and Long Island Universities and lectured widely in the United States and in many countries around the world including New Zealand, Greece, Austria, China, Japan, Colombia, Germany, Israel, Argentina, and Canada. He spent two years at the National Institute of Mental Health participating in brain research. He has been Director of Program Development and Clinical Research at the Bronx Psychiatric Center in New York City, and he later became Associate Director of the Psychiatry Department at Jacoby Hospital, an affiliate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1557989494
• ISBN 13: 9781557989499
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592