Affect and Social Behavior

by Bert S. Moore, Alice M. Isen

Overview

Affect and Social Behavior provides the first integrative and comprehensive examination of current research and theory into the role that emotion plays in influencing social behavior. The past twenty years has seen a resurgence of scientific interest in how everyday responses to the social world may be influenced by very subtle shifts in affect. What we remember and what we pay attention to have been shown to be the product of our mood state. This new volume investigates a number of important domains such as aggression, altruism, romantic attraction, and consumer behavior and the role that affect plays in instigating and regulating these behaviors. The chapters were written by some of the most prominent researchers in the field and they provide an up-to-date review of research and theory in this important area of study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521327688
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/30/1990
Series:	Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

1. Vocabularies of emotion E. Berschild; 2. Capturing the 'flavor' of behavior: cognition, affect and interpretation J. Koren and N. Cantor; 3. Affect and aggression P. A. Bell and R. A. Baron; 4. Affect and altruism C. D. Batson; 5. Passionate love in intimate relationships E. Hatfield and R. L. Rapson; 6. Attitude, affect, and consumer behavior J. Cohen; 7. Depression and sensitivity to social information G. Weary; 8. Children's strategies for the control of emotion in themselves and others C. L. McCoy and J. C. Masters; 9. Affect and social behavior B. S. Moore and A. M. Isen.