Emotions are a part of personality and essential to all human relationships, but how well do we understand what they really are? 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.

1: On The Origins and Functions of Emotions.- 2: Defining Emotions and Their Relations to Cognition, Action, and Personality.- 3: Emotions, Consciousness, and Emotion—Cognition Relations.- 4: Interest—Excitement: Activation, Expression, and Experience.- 5: Interest—Excitement: Development, Social Relations, and Personality.- 6: Enjoyment—Joy: A Force for Psychological Well-Being and Social Bonds.- 7: Joy: Empirical Studies.- 8: Surprise—Astonishment.- 9: Sadness.- 10: Sadness in Grief and Depression.- 11: Anger.- 12: Disgust and Contempt.- 13: Fear and Anxiety.- 14: Shyness.- 15: Shame.- 16: Guilt, Conscience, and Morality.- 17: Love.- Epilogue.- References.- Author Index.