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    Introduction to the psychology of emotions: From Darwin to neuroscience, what emotions are and how they work
    Introduction to the psychology of emotions: From Darwin to neuroscience, what emotions are and how they work
    Introduction to the psychology of emotions: From Darwin to neuroscience, what emotions are and how they work
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    Introduction to the psychology of emotions: From Darwin to neuroscience, what emotions are and how they work

    By Stefano Calicchio

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    Discovering the meaning and functioning of emotions has never been so simple. In this volume we review the main currents of thought regarding the psychology of human emotions. From the theories of early scholars (such as those of James and Cannon) to the most recent discoveries of psychobiology. The second part of the volume is dedicated to the issues of basic emotions, emotional intelligence and emotional development. The guide is based on a simple, fast and essential discursive style. The book ends with a small self-assessment test that allows the reader to review and fix the main concepts. Forget the thousands of pages long or prohibitively expensive psychology manuals and start exploring how your mind works through a series of guides at unbeatable prices.

    ### THE COLLECTION ###
    Psychology made simple is a collection of simple, clear and ready-to-use texts dedicated to the functioning of the human mind, whose lowest common denominator is the practicality and immediacy of its contents. From work contexts to family life, from relationships with others in search of a personal balance, everyone will be able to find answers and satisfy their desire to know, without trespassing into more complex treatments than necessary.  
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStefano Calicchio
    Release dateJun 1, 2020
    ISBN9788835839729
    Introduction to the psychology of emotions: From Darwin to neuroscience, what emotions are and how they work

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      The notions in this book are of an informative nature only and do not constitute or replace medical activity. This book is for training purposes and educational purposes only. The reader assumes full responsibility for his or her choices, aware of the risks associated with any form of exercise. If you assume or are aware that you have psychological disorders, you should consult a psychologist or doctor.

      Introduction

      The wide range of emotions that each one of us experiences in everyday life has only recently become the object of curiosity, study and research. Yet, emotions have always accompanied us in every important phase of our evolution.

      Experiencing joy, fear, anger, sadness, surprise or a sense of expectation allows us to somatize unforeseen events and to better adapt to the changes we inevitably face.

      But while it is true that these phenomena are central to our lives, it is also true that they are often not understood; in some cases we are not even able to recognize the emotions we are experiencing.

      Other times we perceive feelings but we do not know whether to consider them acceptable, or we are unable to externalize them.

      This guide was created to shed light on the psychology of emotions. Over the next few pages we will discover what emotions are, what scientific theories have developed about them and what usefulness they have for our psycho-physical balance.

      The aim is to introduce the reader into a world that is often misunderstood, little investigated and whose importance is difficult to publicly acknowledge. Understanding emotions can help us to manage them better when we experience them, as well as to recognize them when they are expressed by others.

      It is an important work of deepening because the knowledge of naive psychology commonly used is not sufficient to explain the vast phenomenology of emotions; one risks proceeding according to easy trivializations or simplifications.

      This guide develops through a simple, fast and essential style of discourse and ends with a small self-assessment test. The idea is to allow the reader to review and fix the main concepts in an interactive way. In the next pages we will begin to explore the functioning of emotions starting from the approaches of the first psychological currents.

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      Emotions: a historical approach

      Although emotions have been the subject of re-evaluation and study by psychology since the late nineteenth century, for a long time they were seen and experienced with distrust, circumspection and ambivalence.

      In our daily life it seems quite normal to

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