Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-237) and index.
Contents:
Discussion and conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 5. Emotion in social life -- 1. Emotion and its expression -- Darwin on the blush -- Darwin's legacy -- Conclusion -- 2. Self-consciousness and emotion -- Self-consciousness -- Self-focused attention -- The self conscious emotions -- Conclusion -- [pt]. 2. The nature of the blush -- 3. What is a blush? -- The nature of the blush -- Physiology of the blush -- Measuring the blush -- Conclusion -- 4. Reasons to blush -- True and false blushes -- The self unmasked -- The blush as communication -- Conclusion -- 5. Occasion to blush -- Classifying episodes -- Recalling blushes : method -- Recalling blushes : themes -- Discussion and conclusion -- 12. Index. 6. Embarrassment -- Embarrassment and the blush -- Signs of embarrassment -- The causes of embarrassment -- Self-consciousness and embarrassment -- Conclusion -- 7. Shame -- Blushing with shame -- Theories of shame -- Distinguishing embarrassment and shame -- The self in shame -- Blushing, self-consciousness and shame -- 8. Shame, guilt and anger -- The blush and the angry flush -- Shame and guilt -- Do we blush with guilt? -- Conclusion -- 9. Shyness -- Shyness and the blush -- Perspectives on shyness -- Fearful and self-conscious shyness -- Conclusion -- [pt]. 4. Problematising blushing -- 10. Propensity to blush -- Measuring individual differences -- Personality and blushing -- Gender, blushing and shyness -- 11. Interventions -- Social phobia -- Interventions for erythrophobia -- 12. Conclusions -- Emotional states -- Why a blush? -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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