Emotions are a part of personality and essential to all human
relationships, but how well do we understand what they really are? What
are the processes by which they occuer and influence us? How do they
affect the way we perceive and interact with the world? In The
Psychology of Emotions, author Carroll E. Izard provides a timely
overview that focuses on the relevance of emotions to our daily lives as
he addresses these and other fundamental questions on the activation,
expression, experience, and functions of emotions.