Few areas have witnessed the type of growth we have seen in the affective sciences in the past decades. Across psychology, philosophy, economics, and neuroscience, there has been an explosion of interest in the topic of emotion and affect. Comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date, and easy-to-use, the new Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences is an indispensable resource for all who wish to find out about theories, concepts, methods, and research findings in this rapidly growing interdisciplinary field - one that brings together, amongst others, psychologists, neuroscientists, social scientists, philosophers, and historians. Organized by alphabetical entries, and presenting brief definitions, concise overviews, and encyclopaedic articles (all with extensive references to relevant publications), this Companion lends itself to casual browsing by non-specialists interested in the fascinating phenomena of emotions, moods, affect disorders, and personality as well as to focused search for pertinent information by students and established scholars in the field. Not only does the book provide entries on affective phenomena, but also on their neural underpinnings, their cognitive antecedents and the associated responses in physiological systems, facial, vocal, and bodily expressions, and action tendencies. Numerous entries also consider the role of emotion in society and social behavior, as well as in cognitive processes such as those critical for perception, attention, memory, judgement and decision-making. The volume has been edited by a group of internationally leading authorities in the respective disciplines consisting of two editors (David Sander and Klaus Scherer) as well as group of 11 associate editors (John T. Cacioppo, Tim Dalgleish, Robert Dantzer, Richard J. Davidson, Ronald B. de Sousa, Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Nico Frijda, George Loewenstein, Paula M. Niedenthal, Peter Salovey, and Richard A. Shweder). The members of the editorial board have commissioned and reviewed contributions from major experts on specific topics. In addition to comprehensive coverage of technical terms and fundamental issues, the volume also highlights current debates that inform the ongoing research process. In addition, the Companion contains a wealth of material on the role of emotion in applied domains such as economic behaviour, music and arts, work and organizational behaviour, family interactions and group dynamics, religion, law and justice, and societal change. Highly accessible and wide-ranging, this book is a vital resource for scientists, students, and professionals eager to obtain a rapid, conclusive overview on central terms and topics and anyone wanting to learn more about the mechanisms underlying the emotions dominating many aspects of our lives.

Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Scherer

Sander

Mental Health

Oxford University Press

A clear, concise introduction to modern pharmacology, this valuable and popular book - now in its 4th edition - reflects the most up-to-date drug information in the field. Arithmetic and the calculation of drug dosages are reviewed as well as material on the nursing process as it applies to the management of pharmacologic agents. "Introductory Clinical Pharmacology" examines all major drug classifications and the general principles of drug administration and dosages. Chapters are divided into drug sections, drug uses, and adverse reactions associated with the administration of a particular pharmacologic agent. The nursing process applicable to the administration of a specific class or type of drug is presented after the discussion of each class or type of drug. Drugs included in each chapter are represented by a summary drug table. Concise and easy-to-understand explanations stress nursing responsibilities for administration, and the importance of patient teaching as a significant factor in patient compliance with the therapeutic regimen. Nursing diagnoses identify patient problems applicable to the drug being administered. Special features of this book include drug chapters ordered by drug classification instead of body system; learning objectives indicated at the beginning of each chapter; each drug class discussed in terms of its actions, uses, adverse reactions, and nursing process; expanded nursing process sections; nursing diagnosis sections which include patient teaching information under "knowledge deficit" in bulleted lists; and summary drug tables in each chapter which list generic and trade drug names, uses, adverse reactions, and usual dosage ranges.

Introductory Clinical Pharmacology

Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

Cotton As A World Power, A Study In The Economic Interpretation Of History

Hans-Fallada-Handbuch (De Gruyter Reference) (German Edition)

Der professionelle Medienarbeiter Hans Fallada (1893-1947) gehört zu den repräsentativen Autoren der Synthetischen Moderne, die kulturelle Kontinuitäten von der Weimarer Republik über das Dritte Reich bis in die frühe Nachkriegszeit hinein bezeichnet. Dargestellt wird Falladas gesamtes Werk im literatur-, medien- und sozialgeschichtlichen Zusammenhang auch für die NS-Zeit, unter deren Zensur er weiterhin publizieren wollte. Dies geschieht in Werkartikeln zu allen Romanen, in Überblicksartikeln zu Falladas Erzählungen, zu seinen Unterhaltungsromanen, Märchen und Kinderbüchern, schließlich in Grundlagenartikeln zur Poetologie dieses populären Schreibens in der neuartigen 'middlebrow culture'. Erstmals werden auch die literarischen Verfahrensweisen aus allen Phasen dieses Werks im Verhältnis zu den umfassend dokumentierten journalistischen Arbeiten Falladas analysiert. Der Band schließt mit Beiträgen zur Wirkung und aktuellen weltweiten Resonanz. Die Gesamtbibliographie weist alle ermittelbaren Publikationen Falladas auch in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften nach. Das Handbuch erschließt erstmals Falladas Gesamtwerk.

Literature & Fiction

STEFAN

Gustav

FRANK

History & Criticism

Walter de Gruyter

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