Well-being : the foundations of hedonic psychology / Daniel Kahneman, Ed Diener, and Norbert Schwarz, editors.

Format Book
Edition1st pbk. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2003.
Descriptionxii, 593 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorKahneman, Daniel, 1934-2024
Other author/creatorDiener, Ed.
Other author/creatorSchwarz, Norbert, 1953-
Other author/creatorRussell Sage Foundation.
Partial 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN98032295
ISBN0871544237 (pbk.)

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