Emotional Psychology: Psychology Textbook from Peking University

Author: Meng Zhaolan
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book is a highly valuable comprehensive work that provides a relatively comprehensive and systematic discussion of emotional psychology. It aims to reveal the mysteries of human emotions, including joy and sadness, hope and disappointment, love and indifference, anger and fear, depression and anxiety, and more. It introduces the theories of over forty representative emotion theorists in the world and provides summary descriptions of the internal physiology of emotions, external behaviors, subjective experiences, the role of cognition, facial and bodily expressions, emotional development, and abnormal emotions. In terms of content, it considers historical development while also incorporating recent findings. It introduces important theoretical developments and includes the main and typical experimental data it is based on. As a result, the content is thorough and rich in material, making it valuable not only for psychological research but also for studies in philosophy, aesthetics, literature, art, medicine, education, and other disciplines. The book is divided into three parts, discussing the research development and theoretical foundations of emotional psychology, the occurrence, differentiation, and socialization of emotions, and the various aspects of emotional psychology and social life. During the writing process, the book strives to provide a complete and accurate introduction, covering the latest research findings, and is one of the few works on emotional psychology in China. It can serve as a textbook for undergraduate students and also as a reference for researchers in emotional psychology. The third part, "Emotion and Social Life," features contributions from experts in various fields, with clear theories closely linked to real-life situations, offering significant technical guidance for various aspects of life.