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Emotional Contagion
A study of the phenomenon of emotion contagion, or the communication of mood to others.
A Dictionary of Psychology
With over 11,000 authoritative and up-to-date entries, this best-selling dictionary covers all branches of psychology including psychoanalysis and psychiatry. Clear, concise descriptions for each entry offer extensive coverage of key areas including cognition, sensation and perception, emotionand motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods. Entries are extensively cross-referenced for ease of use, and cover word origins and derivations as well as definitions. Over 80 illustrations complement the text. In addition to the alphabetical entries, the dictionary also includes appendices covering over 800 commonly used abbreviations and symbols, as well as a list of phobias and phobic stimuli, with definitions. Now containing a list of recommended web links, accessible via the Dictionary of Psychologywebsite, this dictionary is loaded with more useful and up-to-date information than any other dictionary of its kind. Comprehensive and jargon-free, the Dictionary of Psychology is an invaluable work of reference for students of psychology and related disciplines, professionals, and the generalreader with an interest in the workings of the mind.
Thought Contagion
Fans of Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Bennet, and Richard Dawkins (as well as science buffs and readers of Wired Magazine) will revel in Aaron Lynch’s groundbreaking examination of memetics--the new study of how ideas and beliefs spread. What characterizes a meme is its capacity for displacing rival ideas and beliefs in an evolutionary drama that determines and changes the way people think. Exactly how do ideas spread, and what are the factors that make them genuine thought contagions? Why, for instance, do some beliefs spread throughout society, while others dwindle to extinction? What drives those intensely held beliefs that spawn ideological and political debates such as views on abortion ...
Strange Contagion
Picking up where The Tipping Point leaves off, respected journalist Lee Daniel Kravetz’s Strange Contagion is a provocative look at both the science and lived experience of social contagion. In 2009, tragedy struck the town of Palo Alto: A student from the local high school had died by suicide by stepping in front of an oncoming train. Grief-stricken, the community mourned what they thought was an isolated loss. Until, a few weeks later, it happened again. And again. And again. In six months, the high school lost five students to suicide at those train tracks. A recent transplant to the community and a new father himself, Lee Daniel Kravetz’s experience as a science journalist kicked in:...
Emotional Mimicry in Social Context
Emotional mimicry has important social functions such as signalling affiliative intent and fostering rapport, and is considered one of the cornerstones of successful interactions. This multidisciplinary overview of research into emotional mimicry and empathy explores when, how and why emotional mimicry occurs.
Mood Contagion
Over the past century, the twin fields of mass psychology and collective behavior sociology have shared a rather marginal and episodic existence. These two fields used to focus on crowd events and social movements, but seem to have lost ground. This book gives them new relevance and topicality by re-connecting them with some of the very latest findings from biology (social genes), neurology (mirror neurons), and social science (reproducing memes). Through ten ever-widening, concentric circles, the book takes the reader on a fascinating journey, from gregarious individuals to small groups, performance audiences and social movements, organizational culture and social networks, mass media and product markets, public opinion and contemporary internet research. The book demonstrates that, in the age of the internet, both managers and policy makers are increasingly surprised by the mental earthquakes and tsunamis that ripple suddenly around the globe within mere minutes.
