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The Measurement of Emotions
- 1st Edition - September 24, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Robert Plutchik, Henry Kellerman
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 5 5 8 7 0 4 - 4
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 4 4 8 4 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 6 9 5 2 - 8
Emotion: Theory, Research, and Experience, Volume 4: The Measurement of Emotion provides an examination of the key issue of how to measure emotion. The book contains articles that… Read more
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Emotion: Theory, Research, and Experience, Volume 4: The Measurement of Emotion provides an examination of the key issue of how to measure emotion. The book contains articles that present different approaches to the study of emotional measurement. Contributors focus on such topics as mood measurement; cross-cultural examination of triggers of emotion; possible dimensions that underlie the language of affect; measurement of emotions in lower animals; and measuring emotions and their derivatives. Psychologists, psychiatrists, behavioral psychologists, teachers, and students will find the book a good reference book.
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Measuring Emotions and Their Derivatives
Abstract
Introduction
Why Measure?
The Psychoevolutionary Theory of Emotion
Implications for Measurement
The Measurement of Subjective Feelings
The Measurement of Personality Traits
The Life Style Index for the Measurement of Ego Defenses
The AECOM Coping Scale
Conclusions
References
Chapter 2 Models and Methods for Measurement of Mood
Abstract
Introduction
States and Traits: Definitions
Current Measures of Mood
A Circular Conception of Mood States
The Problem of Bipolarity
The Control of Response Sets
Dimensional Analysis
The Circumplex
Conclusions and Queries
References
Chapter 3 Assessing Emotion by Questionnaire
Abstract
The Nature of Emotional Experience
Major Questions in Emotion Research
Potential Settings and Methods for Self-Report Techniques
How to Assess Self-Report
Illustrative Examples of Questionnaire Studies of Emotional Experience
The "Emotional Experience" Questionnaires
Some Representative Results from the Series of Three Studies
Using Telephone Survey Methodology
Conclusions
References
Chapter 4 Measures of Emotion
Abstract
Introduction
Implicit Emotion Taxonomy
Implications
Theorizing about Emotion
Summary
References
Chapter 5 The Dictionary of Affect in Language
Abstract
A General Approach to the Problem of Measurement
The Measurement of Emotional Stimuli and Emotional Responses
Language as a Basis for Emotional Measurement
The Dictionary of Affect in Language
Conclusions
References
Chapter 6 Information Integration Approach to Emotions and Their Measurement
Abstract
Introduction
Information Integration Diagram
Cognitive Issues
Functional Measurement
Measurement Issues
Experimental Paradigms
References
Chapter 7 Projective Measures of Emotion
Abstract
Introduction
A Circular Structure of Emotions, Diagnoses, and Rorschach Categories
The Rorschach Scoring Categories
The Extratensive Profile
The Introversive Profile
The Extratensive and Introversive Emotion-Diagnostic States and Corresponding
Rorschach Measures
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8 Methodology in the Anthropological Study of Emotion
Abstract
Introduction
A Historical Note
Emotion in Anthropological Settings: Orienting Strategies and Some Basic Questions
Emotion in Anthropological Settings: Some Selected Proposals
Cultural Transformations of Emotion
Learning and Development
Basic Questions in the Measurement of Emotion
References
Chapter 9 Vocal Measurement of Emotion
Abstract
The Phylogenetic History of Vocal Emotion Expression
Major Trends in Research
Vocal Measurement
Advocating a Theoretical Approach to Vocal Affect Measurement
The Evidence to Date
Conclusion
References
Chapter 10 Measuring Animal Aggression
Abstract
Introduction
Some Basic Behavior in Rodents
The Concept of Aggression
Models of Aggression Initiation
An Evaluation of the Models of Aggression
The Stimulus Animal
The Measurement of Aggression
A Comparison of the Methods of Measurement
Dominance and Subordination
The Species Used in Aggression Research
Ethical Considerations
Conclusions
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Contents of Previous Volumes
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 24, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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