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The Psychobiology of Emotions

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Jack George Thompson

    1. Centre College, Danville, USA

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Part of the book series: Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy (EPPS)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Mind-Body Puzzle

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Mind and Body

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 3-15

    3. Neural Control Systems

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 17-42

    4. Neurohormonal Control Systems

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 43-64

  3. Physiological Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. The Cardiovascular System

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 67-91

    3. The Thermoregulatory System

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 93-119

    4. The Respiratory System

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 121-140

    5. The Gastrointestinal System

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 141-160

    6. The Urinary System

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 161-179

    7. The Female and Male Reproductive Systems

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 181-202

    8. The Skeletal Muscle System I

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 203-224

    9. The Skeletal Muscle System II

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 225-241

  4. Theories of Emotion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. Biochemical Models

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 245-264

    3. Physiological Models

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 265-282

    4. Mentalistic Models

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 283-298

    5. Interactionist Models I

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 299-311

    6. Interactionist Models II

      • Jack George Thompson
      Pages 313-326
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Regardless of culture, most adult humans report experiencing similar feelings such as anger, fear, humor, and joy. Such subjective emotional states, however, are not universal. Members of some cultures deny experiencing specific emo­ tions such as fear or grief. Moreover, within any culture, individuals differ widely in their self-reports of both the variety and intensity of their emotions. Some people report a vivid tapestry of positive and negative emotional experi­ ences. Other people report that a single emotion such as depression or fear totally dominates their existences. Still others report flat and barren emotional lives. Over the past 100 years, scientists have proposed numerous rival explana­ tions of why such large individual differences in emotions occur. Various authors have offered anthropological, biochemical, ethological, neurological, psycholog­ ical, and sociological models of human emotions. Indeed, the sheer number of competing theories precludes a comprehensive review in a single volume. Ac­ cordingly, only a representative sample of models are discussed in this book, and many equally important theories have been omitted. These omissions were not intended to prejudice the reader in favor of any particular conceptual frame­ work. Rather, this selective coverage was intended to focus attention upon the empirical findings that contemporary theories attempt to explain.

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  • Centre College, Danville, USA

    Jack George Thompson

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