Assessment and Modification of Emotional Behavior

ISBN-13: 9781468437843 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 225 str.

Kirk R. Blankstein

Spis treści

1 Measuring and Modifying Moods: An Introduction.- References.- 2 On the Paucity of Positive Emotions.- The Relative Frequency of Positive and Negative Emotional Concepts.- The Meaning of Emotional Concepts.- Of Emotions in General.- Of Positive and Negative Emotions.- The Attribution of Emotion as a Function of Response Outcomes..- The Relationship between Emotional Concepts and Emotional Behavior.- The Contribution of Physiological Arousal.- A Further Note on the Meaning of Emotional Concepts.- Emotions as Transitory Social Roles.- Implications for the Assessment and Modification of Emotional Behavior.- Implications for Assessment.- Implications for the Modification of Behavior.- References.- 3 Measurement Implications of a Psychoevolutionary Theory of Emotions.- Emotions as Inferences.- The Language of Emotion.- Nonverbal Communication of Affect.- Emotions in Animals.- Peer Group Behavior.- Conclusion.- Emotions and Evolution.- Tests of Emotion-Personality.- Other Theory-Based Measures.- Parent-Child Interactions.- Ego Defenses.- Summing Up.- References.- 4 To Risk or Not to Risk: Predicting Behavior from Negative and Positive Emotional States.- The Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL).- Dimensions of Affect.- Zipers State Test.- Development of a Sensation Seeking State Scale.- To Risk or Not to Risk.- Relation between SS and A States.- Prediction of Drug Decision.- Risk, Sensation Seeking, and Anxiety.- Performance and Affect.- References.- 5 Detecting the Dimensions of Depression: Behavioral Assessment in Therapy Outcome Research.- Clinical Phenomena.- Assessment Methods.- The Self-Control Model of Depression.- Therapy Program.- Therapy Research.- References.- 6 Consequences of Increasing the Functional Impact of Internal Emotional Stimuli.- Increasing Functional Exposure to Phobic Imagery via Expectancy and Relaxation.- Increasing Functional Exposure to Physiological Responses via Relaxation.- Conclusion.- References.- 7 Cognitive Ethology: Assessing the Streams of Cognition and Emotion.- Cognitive Ethology.- Cognitive Assessment Following Performance.- Postperformance Questionnaire.- Thought Listing.- Videotape Reconstruction.- Concurrent Cognitive Assessment.- Cognitive Assessment Preceding Performance.- Units and Levels of Analysis.- Accessibility and Accuracy of Verbal Reports.- References.- 8 Personality Differences in Decision Making under Stress.- Social Power of Supportive Helpers.- Crises in a Helping Relationship.- Evidence on the Effects of Building Referent Power.- Level of Self-Esteem.- Field Dependence.- Theoretical Analysis of Coping Predispositions.- References.- 9 Stress, Behavior Patterns, and Coronary Disease.- Psychological Risk Factors.- Type A Behavior Pattern.- Measuring the A and B Behavior Patterns.- Interplay of Stress and Pattern A.- Control and Coronary Heart Disease.- A Proposed Biobehavioral Model.- Implications for Therapy.- References.