The Function of Emotions When and Why Emotions Help Us
Editor(s):
Heather C. Lench
Publishing / Edition:
Springer, 2018
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Chapter 1. What Do Emotions Do for Us? 1
Chapter 2. Fear and Anxiety 9
Chapter 3. On Sentinels and Rapid Responders: The Adaptive Functions of Emotion Dysregulation 25
Chapter 4. Sadness, the Architect of Cognitive Change 45
Chapter 5. On the Functions of Sadness and Grief 59
Chapter 6. Boredom: What Is It Good For? 93
Chapter 7. The Adaptive Functions of Jealousy 121
Chapter 8. Functions of Anger in the Emotion System 141
Chapter 9. Nurturant Love and Caregiving Emotions 175
Chapter 10. The Functional and Dysfunctional Aspects of Happiness: Cognitive, Physiological, Behavioral, and Health Considerations 195
Chapter 11. Awe: A Self-Transcendent and Sometimes Transformative Emotion 221
Chapter 12. Emotions of Excellence: Communal and Agentic Functions of Pride, Moral Elevation, and Admiration 235
Chapter 13. The Emotional Toolkit: Lessons from the Science of Emotion 253