Over the last decades, theoretical perspectives in the interdisciplinary field of the affective
sciences have proliferated rather than converged due to differing assumptions about what …

Discusses RS Lazarus's (see PA, Vols 69: 11728 and 25: 2812) challenge of the view that
there are circumstances under which affect precedes cognition and that affective arousal …

Economic, technological, and sociopolitical changes have been transforming the cultures of
advanced industrial societies in profoundly important ways during the past few decades …

Previous research has shown that trait concepts and stereotypes become active
automatically in the presence of relevant behavior or stereotyped-group features. Through …

Findings in the social psychology literatures on attitudes, social perception, and emotion
demonstrate that social information processing involves embodiment, where embodiment …

One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised
a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the functional relation between perception and
behavior. It presents a general perspective on perception and action along with elaborating …

Psychologists are increasingly interested in embodiment based on the assumption that
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are grounded in bodily interaction with the environment …

This paper presents a framework for describing the development and organization of
emotional knowledge. Our primary aim is the construction of a theory that explains how …

Please adopt the following positions while reading this chapter. First, sit upright in your chair—
do not slump. Second, place a hand beneath the table top and press upward with your palm …