| Magda B. Arnold's Contributions to Emotion Research and Theory: A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion Contributor(s): Shields, Stephanie (Editor), Kappas, Arvid (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1841699861 ISBN-13: 9781841699868 Publisher: Psychology Press OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Magda Arnold (1903-2002) was a major figure of 20th Century emotions research. Best known for pioneering the idea that appraisal processes underlie the generation of emotion, Arnold aimed to weave together cognition, neuroscience, and personality in a comprehensive theory of emotion. Contributors examine Arnold's research and theory in light of its relevance to present and future challenges in the study of emotion. What questions did she raise that have since been answered? Which of her contributions have present-day researchers failed to use fully? What questions did she raise that can still be profitably asked? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions - Psychology | Neuropsychology |
| Dewey: 152.4 |
| Series: Special Issues of Cognition and Emotion |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.80 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Magda B. Arnold (1903-2002), is a pioneering figure of 20th Century emotions research whose pathbreaking and comprehensive theory of emotion is an ambitious fusion of research in cognition, motivation, neuroscience, and personality. Contributors' reviews and critiques of Arnold's work offer a panorama of 20th Century emotion science, revealing where progress has been made, particularly in understanding appraisal processes, and highlighting issues that emotions researchers continue to grapple with, especially questions concerning emotion and value, optimal human functioning, and the complexity of affective and motivational pathways in the brain. Initially drawn to study emotion in the early 1940s because of her interest in personality psychology, Magda Arnold became a leader in the revival of the psychology of emotion, long neglected while behaviourism was the prevailing paradigm. Arnold's life story is no less complex and inspiring than her multifaceted view of human emotion. She was a woman in a field substantially dominated by men, a devout Roman Catholic at a time when the scientific objectivity of Catholic scholars was questioned, and an immigrant, first to Canada and then the U.S., whose early life had provided her with no advantages and little opportunity. Contributors provide insight into the intellectual forebears and theoretical scope of Arnold's emotion theory, and apply her insights to illuminate pressing questions that face contemporary researchers of emotion, motivation, and affective neuroscience. |