the idea that modern psychology is unable to study strong emotions or is worse at studying them than Freud is obviously false.
I don’t disagree, I rather think that you’re probably right here, but I would feel more comfortable and certain with a couple of solid examples behind this statement, and I can’t think of any. Can you?
Dan Ariely did some studies of decision making while aroused or not.
Modern clinical psychology has a lot to say about emotions, particularly strong negative ones like anxiety, grief, anger, addiction and obsession (example: this guy studies anger). People like Daniel Gilbert have lots to say about happiness
I haven’t read Ariely’s research articles themselves, but I’ve seen this research summarized in Ariely’s (or maybe Wiseman’s) recent book. How is this a study of strong emotions? There’s much more to the emotional states than shifting preferences. For all we know, there may be systematic changes in certain competencies, susceptibility to certain kinds if stimuli, even lasting personality changes.
Didn’t know about Gilbert and Denson, thanks for pointing out their work.
I don’t disagree, I rather think that you’re probably right here, but I would feel more comfortable and certain with a couple of solid examples behind this statement, and I can’t think of any. Can you?
Dan Ariely did some studies of decision making while aroused or not.
Modern clinical psychology has a lot to say about emotions, particularly strong negative ones like anxiety, grief, anger, addiction and obsession (example: this guy studies anger). People like Daniel Gilbert have lots to say about happiness
I haven’t read Ariely’s research articles themselves, but I’ve seen this research summarized in Ariely’s (or maybe Wiseman’s) recent book. How is this a study of strong emotions? There’s much more to the emotional states than shifting preferences. For all we know, there may be systematic changes in certain competencies, susceptibility to certain kinds if stimuli, even lasting personality changes.
Didn’t know about Gilbert and Denson, thanks for pointing out their work.