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Niedenthal, P.M., & Kitayama, S. (Eds.). (1994). The heart's eye: Emotional influences in perception and attention. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. ISBN 0–12–410560–2. 289pp. $55.00

MacKinnon, N.J. (1994). Symbolic interactionism as affect control. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0–7914–2042–6 (pbk). 245pp. $19.95.

Cuthbertson-Johnson, B., Franks, D.D., & Doman, M. (Eds.) (1994). The sociology of emotions: An annotated bibliography. New York Garland Publishing. ISBN 0–8240–2321–8. 222pp. $37.00

Flanagan, O., & Rorty, A.O. (Eds.) (1990). Identity_; character and morality: Essays in moral psychology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 0–262–56074–7 (pbk). 487pp. $18.50.

Mackie, D.M., 8 Hamilton D.L. (Eds.) (1993). Affect, cognition, and stereotyping: interactive processes in group perception. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. ISBN 0–12–46441–0–4. 389pp. $59.95

Dobson, K.S., & Kendall, P.C. (Eds.) (1993). Psychopethology and cognition. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. ISBN 0–12–404175–2. 492pp. $49.95.

Graham, G., & Stephens, G.L. (Eds.) (1994). Philosophical psychopathology. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. ISBN 0–262–07159–2. 332pp. $34.95.     

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Wyer, R.S., Jr., & Srull, T.K. (Eds.) (1993). Perspectives on anger and emotion: Advances in social cognition (Vol. VI). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc. ISBN 0–8058–1326–8 (hbk), 0–8058–1327–6 (pbk), 206 pp. £29.95 (hbk), £13.50 (pbk)

Mathes, E.W. (1993). Jealousy: The psychological data. New York: University Press of America. ISBN 0–8191–8521–3, 204 pp. £32.50

Solomon, R.C. (1994). Above love: Reinventing romance for our times. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0–8226–3027–3, 352 pp. £14.95.     

Recent books

Recent studies have shown that the basic evaluative conditioning (EC) effect (originally neutral stimuli acquiring an affective value congruent with the valence of the affective stimulus they were paired with) seems to be limited to participants who are unaware of the stimulus pairings. If participants are aware of the pairings, reactance effects occur (i.e., changes in the opposite direction of the valence of the affective stimulus). To examine whether these reactance effects are due to processes of conscious countercontrol or whether the ratings reflect intrinsic feelings towards the stimuli, a new procedure was developed that included a bogus‐pipeline condition. In this procedure, which was adapted from attitude research, participants were connected to bogus lie detector equipment leading them to believe that their “true” affective‐evaluative responses were being observed. In Experiment 1, reactance effects occurred also in this procedure, suggesting that the effect is spontaneous and not due to processes of conscious countercontrol. In Experiment 2, these effects were replicated using a between‐subjects design in addition to the standard within‐subjects control condition.     

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B15: Buck, R. (1988). Human motivation and emotion (2nd edn). New York: John Wiley &; Sons. ISBN 0–471–89705–1, 586+94pp, £33.25/$51.55; £13.95/$23.95

B16: Wagner, H. L. (Ed.) (1988). Social psychophysiology and emotion: Theory and clinical applications. Chichester and New York: John Wiley &; Sons. ISBN 0–471–91266–2, 311pp, £36.50/$77.50

B17: Greenberg, L. S. &; Safran, J. D. (1987). Emotion in psychotherapy. New York, Guilford Press. ISBN 0–89862–010–4, 338 pp, $43.20/£24.95     

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Eisenberg, N. and Strayer, J. (Ed 4 (1987). Empathy and its development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-326095, 406 pp., £35.00/$54.50.

Wolff, P. H. (1987). The development of behavioral states and the expression of emotions in early infancy: New proposals for investigation. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-90520-9, 291 pp., £25.95/$37.50.

Greenspan, Patricia S. (1988). Emotions and reasons: An inquiry into emotional justification. New York and London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-90049-2, 197 pp., £30.00/$30.00     

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Tomkins, S.S. (1992). Affect, imagery and consciousness, Vol. IV: Cognition: Duplication and transformation of information. New York: Springer Publishing Company. $58.00

Winograd, E. & Neisser, U. (Eds) (1992). Affect and accuracy in recall: Studies of “Flashbulb Memories”. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-40188-7, 315 pp, £30.00, $44.95

Susmon, E.J., Feagans, L.V., & Ray, W.J. (1992). Emotion, cognition, health and development in children and adolescents. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0-8058-0548-6, 183 pp, £27.95, $49.95

Amsel, A. (1992). Frustration theory: An analysis of dispositional learning and memory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-24784-5, 278 pp, £35.00, $64.95

Costello, C.G. (Ed.) (1993). Symptoms of depression. Chichester: John Wiley. ISBN 0-471-54304-7 (hbk), 376 pp, £29.95, $54.95     

Spirit books: promoting conversation with picture books

The focus of this article is an annotated bibliography of over seventy select picture books and guidelines for adults reading these books to children ages three through nine. Preceding these is an essay which contextualizes and explains them. Following the bibliography is a set of twenty ‘Guidelines for Reading Aloud and Talking about Books’ to help adults validate and support the spiritual experiences of children. The annotated bibliography – The Spirit Book List– includes picture books which are inclusive, interfaith, and cross-cultural (although all are in English). They have been chosen to stimulate conversation between adults and children ranging in age from three to nine years on spirituality, specifically on the following six themes: (1) The Golden World (awe and reverence in the face of Creation); (2) Alone Unplugged the value of solitude and silence; (3) Widening the Circle (embracing other beings, both animal and human, and recognizing one’s interdependence with other life forms); (4) Wisdom-seeking (seeking true value); (5) Becoming Your Own Person (discovering one’s uniqueness and one’s place in the world); and (6) Peace-making (promoting peace between individuals and countries). All these books also meet high standards for both text and illustrations.     

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Guidano, V. F. (1987). Complexity of the self: A developmental approach to psychopathology and therapy. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 0–89862–012–0, 248 pp, £19.95/$35.95

Hamilton, V., Bower, G. H., & Frijda, N. H. (Eds) (1988). Cognitive perspectives on emotion and motivation. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 90–247–3694–3, 453 pp, £64.00/$114.00

Scherer, K. R. (Ed.) (1988). Facets of emotion: Recent research. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc. ISBN 0–8058–0141–3, 267 pp, £27.50/ $46.95; pbk, ISBN 0–8058–0142–1, £17.00/$29.50

Ciompi, L. (1988). The psyche and schizophrenia: A bond between affect and logic. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0–674–71990–5, 327 pp, £27.95

Horowitz, M. J. (Ed.) (1988). Psychodynamics and cognition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0–226–35368–0, 389 pp, £21.95

Hannover, B. (1988). Evaluation of performance: A judgmental approach. New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0–387–96768–0, 164 pp.

Alloy, L. B. (1988). Cognitive processes in depression. New York, Guilford Press. ISBN 0–89862–706–0, 388 pp, $52.00/£30.50

Barlow, D. H. (1988). Anxiety and its disorders: The nature and treatment of anxiety and panic. New York, Guilford Press. ISBN 0–89862–720–6, 698 pp, $51.50/£38     

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Strongman, K. T. (1987). The psychology of emotion. (3rd edn). New York: John Wiley. ISBN 0-471-91 143-7191433-9, 277pp. £50.30/$29.50.

Fisher, Shirley (1986). Stress and strategy. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Ltd. ISBN 0-86377-031 4035-5 (pbk), 272pp, $35, £19.951 $15.79, £28.95 (pbk).

Brown, R. (1987). Analyzing love. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-34038-1, 733pp, $24.95, £19.50.