What Develops in Emotional Development?

The problem of development is central in the study of emotional life for two basic reasons. First, emotional life so clearly changes (dramatically in the early years) with new emotional reactions emerging against the backdrop of an increasing sensitivity to context and with self-regulation of emotio...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mascolo, Michael F. (Editor), Griffin, Sharon (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1998, 1998
Edition:1st ed. 1998
Series:Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. On the Nature, Development, and Function of Emotions
  • 2. The Development and Structure of Emotions
  • II. Biological and Differential Emotions Perspectives
  • 3. Toward a Neuroscience of Emotion: The Epigenetic Foundations of Emotional Development
  • 4. Differential Emotions Theory and Emotional Development: Mindful of Modularity
  • III. Functionalist Perspectives
  • 5. A Functionalist Perspective to the Development of Emotions
  • 6. Emotion and the Possibility of Psychologists Entering into Heaven
  • IV. Systems Perspectives
  • 7. A Dynamic Systems Approach to Cognition—Emotion Interactions in Development
  • 8. Toward a Component Systems Approach to Emotional Development
  • 9. Alternative Trajectories in the Development of Anger-Related Appraisals
  • V. Social and Cultural Perspectives
  • 10. The Development of Emotion from a Social Process View
  • 11. The Analysis of Emotions: Dimensions of Variation
  • 12. The Narrative Construction of Emotional Life: Developmental Aspects
  • VI. Conclusion and Integration
  • 13. Alternative Conceptions of Emotional Development: Controversy and Consensus