What Is Emotion?: History, Measures, and Meanings

by Jerome Kagan

Book Overview

What is an emotion? Can emotion be measured? How can we know if a person is experiencing an emotion?

In this sophisticated overview of human emotions, a widely respected psychologist and author addresses the ambiguities and embraces the controversies that surround this intriguing subject. An insightful and lucid thinker, Jerome Kagan examines what exactly we do know about emotions, which popular assumptions about emotions are incorrect,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300143095
• ISBN13: 9780300143096
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.9"