Role of Emotions in Social and Personality Development History, Theory, and Research

This up-to-date summary of research in the field highlights the pivotal role that emotions play in personality formation and social behavior. The authors discuss this research in its historical context, placing current developments within the broader framework of the field's own research history, and that of developmental psychology in general. They treat developmental topics from both the classic age-comparative and normative-descriptive approaches, as well as from an individual differences perspective.Magai, Carol is the author of 'Role of Emotions in Social and Personality Development History, Theory, and Research' with ISBN 9780306448669 and ISBN 0306448661.