| Description |
xii, 593 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Part I How can we know who is happy? Conceptual and methodological issues -- Objective happiness / Daniel Kahneman -- Ecological momentary assessment / Arthur A. Stone, Sual S. Shiffman, Marten W. DeVries -- Measurement issues in emotion research / Randy J. Larsen and Barbara L. Fredrickson -- Reports of subjective well-being : judgmental processes and their methodological implications / Norbert Schwarz and Fritz Strack -- Wouldn't it be nice? Predicting future feelings / George Loewenstein and David Schkade -- Part II Feeling good or bad : pleasures and pains; moods and emotions -- Preadaptation and the puzzles and properties of pleasure / Paul Rozin -- On the pleasures of the mind / Michael Kubovy -- Questions concerning pain / Eric Eich, Ian A. Brodkin, John L. Reeves, and Anuradha F. Chawla -- The mood system / William N. Morris -- Emotions and hedonic experience / Nico H. Frijda -- Part III Personality and individual differences -- Personality and subjective well-being / Ed Diener and Richard E. Lucas -- Life task participation and well-being : the importance of taking part in daily life / Nancy Cantor and Catherine A. Sanderson -- Self-regulation and quality of life : emotional and non-emotional life experiences / E. Tory Higgins, Heidi Grant, and James Shah -- Disturbances in emotion / Howard Berenbaum, Chitra Raghavan, Huyn -- Part IV The social context -- Causes and correlates of happiness / Michael Argyle -- Close relationships and quality of life / David G. Myers -- Well-being and the workplace / Peter Warr -- The measurement of welfare and well-being : the Leyden approach / Bernard M.S. van Praag and Paul Frijters -- National differences in subjective well-being / Ed Diener and Eunkook Mark Suh -- Part V Biological perspectives -- The physiology and pathophysiology of unhappiness / Robert M. Sapolsky -- The psychophysiology of utility appraisals / Tiffany A. Ito and John T. Cacioppo -- Can neurobiology tell us anything about human feelings? / Joseph LeDoux and Jorge Armony -- On the neural computation of utility : implications from studies of brain stimulation reward / Peter Shizgal -- Pleasure, pain, desire, and dread : hidden core processes of emotion / Kent C. Berridge -- Neural systems for reinforcement and inhibition of behavior : relevance to eating, addiction, and depression / Bartley G. Hoebel, Pedro V. Rada, Gregory P. Mark, and Emmanuel N. Pothos |
| Summary |
"The nature of well-being is one of the most enduring and elusive subjects of human inquiry. Well-Being draws upon the latest scientific research to transform our understanding of this ancient question. With contributions from leading authorities in psychology, social psychology, and neuro-science, this volume presents the definitive account of current scientific efforts to understand human pleasure and pain, contentment and despair."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Happiness.
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Psychology -- Hedonic
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Mood (Psychology)
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Quality of life.
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Pleasure.
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Suffering.
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| Author |
Schwarz, Norbert, 1953-
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Kahneman, Daniel, 1934-
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Diener, Ed.
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| LC no. |
98032295 |
| ISBN |
0871544245 alkaline paper |
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0871544237 paperback |
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