Best Laid Schemes: The Psychology of the Emotions (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction)

Keith Oatley
Cambridge University Press, 4/9/1992
EAN 9780521423878, ISBN10: 0521423872

Paperback, 544 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

Keith Oatley draws on theories from psychology, philosophy and linguistics, as well as writings from other social sciences, to show how emotions are central to any understanding of human actions and mental life.

List of figures and tables
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Part I. Theory and Function
1. The structure of emotions
2. Intuitive and empirical approaches to understanding
3. Rationality and emotions
4. Mutual plans and social emotions
Part II. Conflict and Unpredictability
5. Plans and emotions in fictional narrative
6. Stress and distress
7. Freud's cognitive psychology of intention
the case of Dora
Part III. Enjoyment and Creativity
8. Happiness
9. Putting emotions into words
Epilogue
Notes
References
Author index
Subject index.