Several models of individual differences in environmental sensitivity postulate increased
sensitivity of some individuals to either stressful (diathesis-stress), supportive (vantage …

The role of cognition—and to some extent motivation—in emotion, the ways meaning is
generated, unconscious appraising, and implications of this way of thinking for life-span …

Access to well-labeled recordings of facial expression is critical to progress in automated
facial expression recognition. With few exceptions, publicly available databases are limited …

Emotions often are wonderfully helpful. They can direct attention to key features of the
environment, optimize sensory intake, tune decision making, ready behavioral responses …

This article explores the possibility that romantic love is an attachment process—biosocial
process by which affectional bonds are fromed between adult lovers, just as affectional …

What are the basic dimensions of temperament? How does temperament influence
children's relationships to their physical and social worlds--and their behavior and …

For over three decades, Allan N. Schore has authored numerous volumes, chapters, and
articles on regulation theory, a biopsychosocial model of the development …

This entry includes the following topics: the defining properties of the bioecological model;
the model applied; developmental science in the discovery mode; some concrete examples; …

There is disagreement in the literature about the exact nature of the phenomenon of
empathy. There are emotional, cognitive, and conditioning views, applying in varying …

Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of research on close relationships and the
emergence of a new relationship subdiscipline within the social sciences. To date, the new …