Modern theories in cognitive psychology and neuroscience indicate that there are two fundamental ways in which human beings comprehend risk.
The “analytic system” uses algorithms and normative rules, such as probability calculus, formal logic, and risk assessment. It is relatively slow, effortful, and requires conscious control.
The “experiential system” is intuitive, fast, mostly automatic, and not very […]
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Women, Men and the Empathy of Dogs and Cats
This exploratory study included 524 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory psychology sections who completed the Empathy in Pet Dogs and Cats Scale to assess their attitudes regarding how much domestic dogs and cats show vicarious experiencing of the thoughts, feelings, or attitudes of their owners.
Results: Women gave significantly higher ratings than men regarding dogs’ […]
The Bittersweat Taste of Life Longings
The topic of an optimal or utopian life has received much attention across the humanities and the arts but not in psychology. The German concept of Sehnsucht captures individual and collective thoughts and feelings about one’s optimal or utopian life.
Sehnsucht (life longings; LLs) is defined as an intense desire for alternative states and realizations of […]
Affectionate Communication Accelerates Hormonal Stress Recovery
Contemporary theory in interpersonal communication and health psychology supports the prediction that engaging in affectionate behavior within established relationships has a direct effect on the alleviation of stress symptoms following exposure to an acute stressor. Participants in this study were exposed to a series of standard laboratory stressors and were subsequently assigned either to an […]
Thoughts & Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life: A Workbook of Cognitive Behavioral Techniques
Thoughts and Feelings adapts the powerful and widely adaptable techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) into a set of tools readers can use, not to solve a particular problem, but to overcome any of the emotional and behavioral changes that life throws their way. CBT recognizes that most negative feelings arise from confused, irrational thoughts. […]
The self-fulfilling nature of positive illusions in romantic relationships: love is not blind, but prescient.
It is proposed that satisfying, stable relationships reflect intimates’ ability to see imperfect partners in idealized ways. In this study of the long-term benefits (or possible costs) of positive illusions, both members of dating couples completed measures of idealization and well-being 3 times in a year. Path analyses revealed that idealization had a variety of […]
Young people’s romantic attachment styles and their associations with well-being
This research, based on attachment theory, examined the relationships between romantic attachment styles, romantic attitudes and well-being among 461 tertiary students, aged 17-21 years. Those with secure romantic attachment styles were less stressed, less lonely and more satisfied academically than those with clingy or casual/fickle styles, independent of current relationship status. Copyright 2002 The Association […]
The Emotional Revolution: How the New Science of Feelings Can Transform Your Life
The paradigm of this book is based on five propositions:
Emotions are critical survival mechanisms that have survived through many millennia.
Emotions are processed in the brain by specialized circuits that […]
Children’s understanding of emotion in speech
Children’s understanding of emotion in speech was explored in three experiments. In Experiment 1, 4- to 10-year-old children and adults (N = 165) judged the happiness or sadness of the speaker from cues conveyed by propositional content and affective paralanguage. When the cues conflicted (i.e., a happy situation was described with sad paralanguage), children relied […]
Emotion & Personality
The clinical psychology program at Universitat des Saarlandes is involved in the clinical application of emotion research with a focus on […]