Well-being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871544245 ISBN 13: 9780871544247

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999

Synopsis

In their preface, the three editors (all psychologists) delineate their conception of a new field of psychology, naming it "hedonic psychology." They use hedonic as the dictionary defines it to refer to the full spectrum of enjoyment and suffering, rather than the term's narrower, more common reference to pleasure alone. The area has been neglected in favor of research on such other psychological functions as attention and memory. Twenty-one contributions are arranged in sections on conceptual and methodological issues in knowing who is happy; pleasures, pains, moods, and emotions; personality and individual differences; the social context; and biological perspectives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

DANIEL KAHNEMAN is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and professor of public affairs at Princeton University.

ED DIENER is professor of psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

NORBERT SCHWARZ is professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and senior research scientist at the Survey Research Center and the Research Center for Group Dynamics of Michigan's Institute for Social Research.

Synopsis:

In their preface, the three editors (all psychologists) delineate their conception of a new field of psychology, naming it "hedonic psychology." They use hedonic as the dictionary defines it to refer to the full spectrum of enjoyment and suffering, rather than the term's narrower, more common reference to pleasure alone. The area has been neglected

About this edition

• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0871544245
• ISBN 13: 9780871544247
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 600
• Editor: Diener Edward, Etc.