
Assessment and Modification of Emotional Behavior
Kirk R. Blankstein(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 15. June 2012
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Paperback/Softback
X, 225 pages
978-1-4684-3784-3 (ISBN)
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
X, 225 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
349 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4684-3784-3 (9781468437843)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4684-3782-9
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Symposium on Communications&Affect | Kirk R. Blankstein | Patricia Pliner
Assessment and Modification of Emotional Behavior
[Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Symposium on Communications and Affect, Held at Erindale College April 13-15, 1978]
Book
07/1980
Plenum Publishing Corporation
€109.13
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Content
1 Measuring and Modifying Moods: An Introduction.- References.- 2 On the Paucity of Positive Emotions.- The Relative Frequency of Positive and Negative Emotional Concepts.- The Meaning of Emotional Concepts.- The Attribution of Emotion as a Function of Response Outcomes..- The Relationship between Emotional Concepts and Emotional Behavior.- Implications for the Assessment and Modification of Emotional Behavior.- References.- 3 Measurement Implications of a Psychoevolutionary Theory of Emotions.- Emotions as Inferences.- Emotions and Evolution.- Tests of Emotion-Personality.- Other Theory-Based Measures.- Summing Up.- References.- 4 To Risk or Not to Risk: Predicting Behavior from Negative and Positive Emotional States.- The Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL).- Dimensions of Affect.- Zipers State Test.- Development of a Sensation Seeking State Scale.- To Risk or Not to Risk.- Performance and Affect.- References.- 5 Detecting the Dimensions of Depression: Behavioral Assessment in Therapy Outcome Research.- Clinical Phenomena.- Assessment Methods.- The Self-Control Model of Depression.- Therapy Program.- Therapy Research.- References.- 6 Consequences of Increasing the Functional Impact of Internal Emotional Stimuli.- Increasing Functional Exposure to Phobic Imagery via Expectancy and Relaxation.- Increasing Functional Exposure to Physiological Responses via Relaxation.- Conclusion.- References.- 7 Cognitive Ethology: Assessing the Streams of Cognition and Emotion.- Cognitive Ethology.- Cognitive Assessment Following Performance.- Concurrent Cognitive Assessment.- Cognitive Assessment Preceding Performance.- Units and Levels of Analysis.- Accessibility and Accuracy of Verbal Reports.- References.- 8 Personality Differences in Decision Making under Stress.- SocialPower of Supportive Helpers.- Crises in a Helping Relationship.- Evidence on the Effects of Building Referent Power.- Level of Self-Esteem.- Field Dependence.- Theoretical Analysis of Coping Predispositions.- References.- 9 Stress, Behavior Patterns, and Coronary Disease.- Psychological Risk Factors.- Type A Behavior Pattern.- Measuring the A and B Behavior Patterns.- Interplay of Stress and Pattern A.- Control and Coronary Heart Disease.- A Proposed Biobehavioral Model.- Implications for Therapy.- References.