The Emotions

by Nico H. Frijda

Book Overview

What are 'emotions'? Drawing together the threads of current research on the nature and funactions of emotional expression, of physiological reactions, and of emotional experience, this book offers a balanced survey of facts and theory. Nico Frijda discusses the motivational and neurophysiological preconditions for emotions, and the ways in which emotions are regulated by the individual. Considering the kinds of events that elicit emotions, he argues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521316006
• ISBN13: 9780521316002
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"