ISBN:
9780387896755
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 590 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als International handbook of anger
DDC:
150
Keywords:
Psychology, clinical
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Psychology, clinical
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Psychologie
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Ärger
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Wut
Abstract:
〈P〉An international roster of contributors cover a broader range of topics than other books in this area〈/P〉〈P〉Notably, extensive coverage of the neurobiology of anger in context of psychology and sociology is unique〈/P〉〈P〉Provides broad, integrative coverage while avoiding unnecessary duplication〈/P〉〈P〉Contributors have read each others' chapters and there is extensive cross-referencing from chapter to chapter〈/P〉〈P〉Contains a guide to content and organization of chapters and topics, along with interpolated commentary at the end of each section〈/P〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Part I Introduction; 1 Cross-Disciplinary Views of Anger: Consensus and Controversy; 1.1 Triggers and Targets, Functions, and Social Significance of Anger; 1.2 Constituents of Anger; 1.3 Anger Quantity, Quality, and Time Course; 1.4 Valence and Motivation; 1.5 Information Processing, Appraisal, and Blame; 1.6 Development, Gender, Personality, and Psychopathology; 1.7 Other Emotions; 2 A Brief History of Anger; 2.1 Anger: Supernatural and Superhuman; 2.2 The Philosophy and Psychology of Anger
Description / Table of Contents:
2.3 The Historical Ubiquity of Anger and the Exercise of Social Control2.4 Summary; Note; References; Part II Biology of Anger; 3 Population and Molecular Genetics of Anger and Aggression: Current State of the Art; 3.1 Preface; 3.2 Introduction; 3.3 The Heritability of Aggression and Hostility; 3.4 Molecular Genetic Research in Psychology; 3.5 Variations in Genes Coding for Gonadal Hormones; 3.6 The Influence of Serotonergic Gene Loci on Aggression and Anger; 3.7 Catecholamine-Associated Gene Loci and AHA; 3.8 Summary and Future Perspectives; References; 4 Constructing a Neurology of Anger
Description / Table of Contents:
4.1 Overview of Anger in the Brain4.2 Temporal Lobes, Epilepsy, and Episodic Dyscontrol: Aggression or Anger?; 4.3 Hemispheric Asymmetries in Temporal Lobe Function; 4.4 Subcortical Mediation of Anger in Humans and Its Putative Relationship with Several Forms of Aggression in Other Animals; 4.5 Roles of Frontal Lobe in Anger as Inferred from EEG and Lesion Data; 4.5.1 Evidence from Seizures; 4.5.2 Medial and Orbital Frontal Cortex: General Anatomy and Function; 4.5.3 Medial and Orbital Frontal Cortex: Role in Anger and Aggression; 4.6 Reconciling Lesion and Neuroimaging Data
Description / Table of Contents:
4.7 A Neuroanatomical Conjecture About the Dynamics of Anger4.8 Implications for Future Psychological and Physiological Studies of Anger; 4.9 Limitations and Caveats; References; 5 Anger, Motivation, and Asymmetrical Frontal Cortical Activations; 5.1 Subjective Feelings and Anger; 5.1.1 Relationship to Other Emotional Experiences; 5.2 Motivational Components of Anger; 5.2.1 Behavioral and Subjective Evidence; 5.3 Triggers of Anger; 5.3.1 Reinforcement Approaches; 5.3.2 Cognitive Neo-association Approach; 5.4 Neural Components of Anger; 5.4.1 Motivational Direction: Approach and Withdrawal
Description / Table of Contents:
5.4.2 Valence: Positive and Negative Affect5.4.3 Motivational Direction vs. Valence; 5.4.4 EEG Measurement; 5.4.5 Anger and EEG ActivityCorrelational Studies of Trait Anger; 5.4.6 Anger and EEG Activity -- Experimental Studies of State Anger; 5.4.7 Trait State Anger Interactions in Frontal Asymmetry; 5.4.8 Asymmetrical Frontal Activity and Withdrawal Anger; 5.4.9 Manipulating Asymmetrical Frontal Activity and Anger Processes; 5.4.10 Other Brain-Imaging Methods/Alternative Interpretations; 5.4.11 Some Questions and Conclusions; References
Description / Table of Contents:
6 The Neurochemistry and Psychopharmacology of Anger
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