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Title

Blushing and the social emotions : the self unmasked / W. Ray Crozier.

Author

Crozier, W. Ray, 1945-

Publication

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillian, c2006.

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Description

xiii, 241 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The author provides here a scholarly, yet accessible, account of research into blushing, relating it to embarrassment, shame and shyness, and proposing an explanation in terms of self-consciousness and exposure of the self. He reviews what is known about the physiology of the blush, considers evidence for its universality, and evaluates explanations in terms of a nonverbal signal of apology and a reaction to unwanted social attention. He goes on to critically assess interventions and treatments for the fear of blushing."--Jacket.

Subject

• Blushing
• Blushing > physiology
• Consciousness
• Ego
• Emotions > Physiological aspects
• Emotions > Social aspects
• Emotions > physiology
• FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Death, Grief, Bereavement
• PSYCHOLOGY > Emotions
• Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology
• Psychology
• Self-consciousness (Awareness)
• Self-consciousness (Sensitivity)
• Self-consciousness
• Social, group or collective psychology
• The self, ego, identity, personality

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-237) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- [pt]. 1. Emotion in social life -- 1. Emotion and its expression -- Darwin on the blush -- Darwin's legacy -- Conclusion -- 2. Self-consciousness and emotion -- Self-consciousness -- Self-focused attention -- The self conscious emotions -- Conclusion -- [pt]. 2. The nature of the blush -- 3. What is a blush? -- The nature of the blush -- Physiology of the blush -- Measuring the blush -- Conclusion -- 4. Reasons to blush -- True and false blushes -- The self unmasked -- The blush as communication -- Conclusion -- 5. Occasion to blush -- Classifying episodes -- Recalling blushes : method -- Recalling blushes : themes -- Discussion and conclusion.
• [pt]. 3. The social emotions -- 6. Embarrassment -- Embarrassment and the blush -- Signs of embarrassment -- The causes of embarrassment -- Self-consciousness and embarrassment -- Conclusion -- 7. Shame -- Blushing with shame -- Theories of shame -- Distinguishing embarrassment and shame -- The self in shame -- Blushing, self-consciousness and shame -- 8. Shame, guilt and anger -- The blush and the angry flush -- Shame and guilt -- Do we blush with guilt? -- Conclusion -- 9. Shyness -- Shyness and the blush -- Perspectives on shyness -- Fearful and self-conscious shyness -- Conclusion -- [pt]. 4. Problematising blushing -- 10. Propensity to blush -- Measuring individual differences -- Personality and blushing -- Gender, blushing and shyness -- 11. Interventions -- Social phobia -- Interventions for erythrophobia -- 12. Conclusions -- Emotional states -- Why a blush? -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Index.

ISBN

• 1403946752 (cloth)
• 9781403946751

LCCN

^^2005055272

OCLC

62282392

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library