The Role of Emotions in Social and Personality Development: History, Theory, and Research / Edition 1

by Carol Magai, Susan H. McFadden

Overview

This up-to-date summary of research in the field highlights the pivotal role that emotions play in personality formation and social behavior. The authors discuss this research in its historical context, placing current developments within the broader framework of the field's own research history, and that of developmental psychology in general. They treat developmental topics from both the classic age-comparative and normative-descriptive approaches, as well as from an individual differences perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306448669
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	02/28/1995
Series:	Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Magai, Carol (Long Island Univ); McFadden, Susan H. (Univ of Wisconsin Oshkosh)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Historical Background. Attachment: The Development of Attachment. Differential Attachment: Origins and Sequelae. Emotion Expression and Its Socialization: The First Wave of Research: Behaviorism and Psychoanalysis. The Second Wave of Research: Functionalist and Cognitive Approaches. Anger and Aggression. Empathy and Prosocial Behavior. Emotion and Personality Development: The Role of Emotion in Personality: Organizational Models. A Discrete Emotions Functionalist Model of Personality Development: Part I: The Fundamentals. A Discrete Emotions Functionalist Model of Personality Development: Part II: Illustrations from Biography and Empirical Research. Emotion and Personality Change. Concluding Thoughts. Index.

Editorial Reviews

'This important book on the psychology of emotions would be a useful addition to libraries serving both baccalaureate and graduate programs in psychology....insightful.'
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From the Publisher

Summarizes research in the field and provides a historical context to social and personality development and developmental psychology, emphasizing the role of emotions in personality formation and social behavior. Assesses current theories and alternate models in areas such as attachment, emotion expression, and personality change. Presents a functionalist analysis of personality development and explains how behavioral propensities become structuralized in personality. Includes case examples. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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