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Psychology Cognitive Psychology

Cognition and Emotion

by (author) Eric Eich, John F. Kihlstrom, Gordon H. Bower, Joseph P. Forgas & Paula M. Niedenthal

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2000
Category
Cognitive Psychology
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780195113334
    Publish Date
    Sep 2000
    List Price
    $155.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780195113341
    Publish Date
    Jul 2000
    List Price
    $64.00

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Recent years have witnessed a revival of research in the interplay between cognition and emotion. The reasons for this renaissance are many and varied. In the first place, emotion theorists have come to recognize the pivotal role of cognitive factors in virtually all aspects of the emotion process, and to rely on basic cognitive factors and insight in creating new models of affective space. Also, the successful application of cognitive therapies to affective disorders has prompted clinical psychologists to work towards a clearer understanding of the connections between cognitive processes and emotional problems. And whereas the cognitive revolutionaries of the 1960s regarded emotions with suspicion, viewing them as nagging sources of "hot" noise in an otherwise cool, rational, and computer-like system of information processing, cognitive researchers of the 1990s regard emotions with respect, owing to their potent and predictable effects on tasks as diverse as object perception, episodic recall, and risk assessment. These intersecting lines of interest have made cognition and emotion one of the most active and rapidly developing areas within psychological science. Written in debate format, this book covers developing fields such as social cognition, as well as classic areas such as memory, learning, perception and categorization. The links between emotion and memory, learning, perception, categorization, social judgements, and behavior are addressed. Contributors come from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and France.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

Eric Eich is at University of British Columbia.

Editorial Reviews

"Cognition and Emotion is a concise and affordable text with chapters written by important figures within the mood and memory literature. ... a comprehensive survey of Bower's (1981) network model and how it has faired in the social cognition literature."--Contemporary Psychology, APA Review of Books