Psychology : Emotions

Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. It has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social contr......

An intimate and illuminating look at how love shapes our culture and our lives.Unruly, unpredictable-love is a maddening deity. In this insightful and eloque......

"An extraordinary book on sex and civilization....An important contribution to...

"A landmark book in the science of emotions and its implications for ethics and human universals."-Library Journal, starred reviewIn this startling study of ......

Leading scientists and science writers reflect on the life-changing, perspective-changing, new science of human goodness.In these pages you will hear from St......

Collected for the first time, Alice Miller's most helpful, therapeutic, and invaluable answers to hundreds of readers' letters.The renowned childhood researc......

"A charming, thoughtful book, one that makes a powerful case for smiles as 'social acts with consequences.' "-Boston Sunday GlobeWhen someone smiles, the eff......

How do children learn about the expression and meaning of emotions - both happy and sad? This book answers questions regarding the foundation of emotional in......

Although happiness is based upon individuals' subjective perception of their own situation, understanding the concept of happiness is important for forming p......

Although happiness is based upon individuals' subjective perception of their own situation, understanding the concept of happiness is important for forming p......

Love is a dominant theme in Western popular culture. It has become central to the meaning of everyday life, propagated through the media and the market. Bein......

Seeing Through Tears is a groundbreaking examination of crying behavior and the meaning behind our tears. Drawing from attachment theory and her own original......

Falling in Love is the first book to unlock the mysteries of how and why we fall in love. Renowned psychologist Ayala Pines shows us why we fall for the...

Americans have become excessively fearful, and manipulation through fear has become a significant problem in American society, with real impact on policy. By......

In The Optimistic Child, Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman offers parents, teachers, and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. In a thi......

Speaker and writer Michelle >Borquez knows how it feels to be controlled by your emotions. As a young woman she struggled with the same issues many other wo......

The author exposes the many masks of shame and examines the way it paralyzes us, individually and collectively. He draws on powerful case stories to illustra......

A respected Bible teacher uses the lives of Moses, Jesus, David, and others to show how to deal with anger. Living Lessons from God's Word series. Author: W......

This volume is a sequel to the landmark work that established an exciting new field of study, Stress, Appraisal and Coping (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984). The ......

In the OSHO Singles series of selected talks, Osho addresses major questions and issues of our daily life. With depth and his usual humor we get a chance to ......