Table of Contents

I: Introduction; 1: Historical Background; 2: Elements of Schachter’s Cognitive Theory of Emotional States; II: The Nature of Internal Cues; 3: Influence of Future Choice Importance and Arousal Upon the Halo Effect; 4: Individual Differences in Self-Attribution of Emotion; 5: Cognitive Manipulation of GSR Extinction; 6: Cognitive Manipulation of Boredom; III: Evaluative Needs; 7: Delusional Thinking and Cognitive Disorder; IV: The Process of Explaining Internal Cues; 8: Opportunity for Information Search and the Effect of False Heart Rate Feedback; 9: Persistent Effects of Information about Internal Reactions; V: The Effects of External Cues; 10: Cognition, Affect, and Psychopathology; 11: Cognition and Self-Control; 12: Self-Persuasion and Fear Reduction from Escape Behavior; 13: Perceived Anger Level, Instigating Agent, and Aggression; 14: Cognitive and Social Determinants of Food Intake; VI: Discussion; 15: Cognitive Alteration of Feeling States

About the Author

Harvey London was associate professor in the Psychology Department at Long Island University. He was previously affiliated with Brandeis University and has been a visiting professor at Emory University and Hunter College. He has done extensive research work on several topics, including persuasion and psychological time. Richard E. Nisbett is Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor in the department of psychology at the University of Michigan. He is on the editorial board of Psychological Review, Cognition, Personality and Social Psychology Review, and Evolution and Human Behavior.