Emotion and Adaptation

Author: Richard S. LazarusPublisher: Oxford University PressPaperback:ISBN 10: 019509266XISBN 13: 978-0195092660Hardcover:ISBN 10: 0195069943ISBN 13: 978-0195069945The 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. Review "This volume is certainly the magnum opus of Lazarus' distinguished career. His landmark investigations and formulations of cognition, emotion, and motivation provide a much needed framework for social, abnormal, and clinical psychology. I have personally learned a great deal from reading th