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Emotion, Development, and Self-Organization: Dynamic Systems Approaches to Emotional Development.
Allan Abbass
- Vol. 13, Iss: 2, pp 45-45
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In this article, the authors present a rich volume encompassing emotion theory and research with integration to clinical practice with heavy emphasis on emotion theory, including dynamic systems theory, non-linear dynamic, state space, chaos theory and variants of self-organization.Abstract:
Lewis, Granic and the several chapter authors have produced a rich volume encompassing emotion theory and research with integration to clinical practice.
The book begins with a necessary introduction which defines several key terms one must grasp in order to follow the book with its heavy emphasis on emotion theory. These definitions include dynamic systems theory, non-linear dynamic, state space, chaos theory and variants of self-organization.
The book is otherwise broken into 3 major sections. Intrapersonal processes focuses on internal working emotional systems and their development. Neurobiological processes focuses on the neurobiological equivalents of emotion and emotion development. Interpersonal processes elaborate, in detail, on the role of parent-child relationships, attachment, interpersonal dynamics and the role of marital relationships as a model.
The various chapters take an in depth look at both recent and some more classical research findings. This is interwoven with new thinking of some of the brightest minds in this field today, The chapter on Marital Modelling for example blends theory to this (Washington University) group’s own research, to practical assessment and therapeutic instruments. To whet the theorist/researcher’s appetite, the chapter goes into a mathematical model describing the marital dyad. Finally, it concludes with eight hypotheses that this group is studying toward the development of an empirically based marital intervention. Such a chapter is bound to stir up other researchers’ competitive and collaborative instincts, resulting in the provocation of both thought and emotion.
This book is definitely dense, and, despite its relative brevity, it is geared primarily for a subgroup of research based professionals and interested others. Regardless of this challenge, it is well worth the read as much more than a primer on this evolving and cutting-edge research and clinical area.read more
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’[A]s if She Defied the World in her Joyousness’: Rereading Darwin on Emotion and Emotional Development
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Travel after tragedy: A phenomenological study on what it takes for women to travel solo after tragedy
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Revisiting the Sovereignty of Social Cognition: Finally Some Action
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors take a broad overview of social cognition and raise some issues and observations that have prompted them to pause for thought and reflection in the course of their own recent research.
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Contemporary Theories and Concepts in the Psychology of Emotions
Géraldine Coppin,David Sander +1 more
TL;DR: In this introductory chapter, the main contemporary theories and concepts of emotion touching on the notions established towards the end of the nineteenth century are presented, as well as the criticisms which have been aimed at it.
Facts and Values in Emotional Plasticity
Luc Faucher,Christine Tappolet +1 more
TL;DR: The question of how much we can shape our emotions hides a multitude of more particular questions as mentioned in this paper, such as: how much can we shape the emotions we experience, and to what extent surrounding people parents, teachers, friends, etc. can change the emotions of another person.
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