Role of Emotions in Social and Personality Development

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

• 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.