Emotion and Adaptation

by Richard S. Lazarus

The author, a pioneer in the field of emotional behaviour, offers a theory of emotion that is cognitive, motivational and relational. The text should appeal to both advanced students and professional psychologists working in personality, social and clinical psychology, as well as in cognitive and developmental psychology. The work may also be used as a supplementary textbook in courses on the psychology of adjustment and the psychology of emotion and feeling.

Genres: Psychology, Science, Emotion

576 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Paige McLoughlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emotions as appraisals of states of organism and motivators to continue or change strategy or adapt to new situations. There are major emotions, happiness, surprise, fear, anger, sadness like the primary colors can be shaded to make all the nuance of a color wheel. Very intuitive understanding of the functions of emotions and why biological social animals like ourselves have them.

[Robert Bogue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone feels emotions. Even those who seek to suppress their emotions through stuffing or addiction still feel them. However, most of the time, we don’t consider how our emotions come to be or how they’re threaded through our evolution. Shining a light and focusing our attention on our emotions is what Emotion and Adaptation seeks to do.

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[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book that presents the psychological aspect of the cognitive theory of emotion. Excellent elucidation of the evolutionary adaptational approach to the notion of goal congruence/incongruence appraisals. It's a must read for those interested in the role of emotion in cognition/ vice versa.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is brilliant, just what I need in my own research. Many thanks to whoever sold it to the used bookshop.