The Hidden Genius of Emotion Lifespan Transformations of Personality |
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| Author:
| Magai, Carol
Haviland-Jones, Jeannette |
| Series title: | Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-12953-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $62.99 |
Book Description:
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This book is about emotion and personality. It is about how emotion powerfully influences our moment-to-moment thoughts, behaviors, and interpersonal interactions. Though emotion is all around us, it is seldom in consciousness, and thus affects our lives in hidden form. This hidden influence is unveiled in the present volume, taking as its example the lives of three famous mid-century psychologists. The authors show how each person has his or her own unique "emotional organization,"...
More DescriptionThis book is about emotion and personality. It is about how emotion powerfully influences our moment-to-moment thoughts, behaviors, and interpersonal interactions. Though emotion is all around us, it is seldom in consciousness, and thus affects our lives in hidden form. This hidden influence is unveiled in the present volume, taking as its example the lives of three famous mid-century psychologists. The authors show how each person has his or her own unique "emotional organization," and how this exerts a distinct and unique bias on what we see, feel, and think about ourselves and others, and about the world at large.