This book will help students and general readers to explore emotion and reach their own conclusions. The fascinating, and sometimes controversial, topics covered include what emotions actually are, how they are portrayed and recognised, why negative emotions arise and how they can be managed, whether emotion can be effectively faked or hidden, and how emotions affect decision-making.

Table of Contents

• 1 What are emotions anyway?
• 2 Facial expressions and emotions
• 3 Emotions and society
• 4 Anger, boredom and other negative emotions
• 5 Have a nice day! – emotion management and regulation
• 6 Thinking and feeling: the role of emotions in everyday life
• 7 Gender differences in emotional life
• 8 The route to happiness
• 100 ideas
• References