Daydreams and the Function of Fantasy - M. Regis

Daydreams and the Function of Fantasy

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
273 Seiten
2013
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-30076-8 (ISBN)
53,45 inkl. MwSt
This book seeks to re-define the role of fantasy in human life by overturning mainstream psychology's understanding of daydreams as being task-distracted mind wandering by proposing that all waking fantasies function to transform mood states into specific emotional reactions.

Meta Regis is an English teacher at Stella Maris College, Australia. She received her PhD from Macquarie University, Australia in 2006 and was previously a Tutor in Philosophy and Seminar Leader in Psychology at Macquarie.

1. Obsessive Fans and Daydreaming Computers - A New Model of Daydreaming 2. Empirical Studies on Daydreaming 3. The Major Models of Daydreaming 4. Frequent Daydreaming Populations and Systems of Fantasy Immersion 5. The Inner Workings of Fantasy: Daydreams as Natural Advertisements 6. Celebrity Worship and Fantasy Immersion 7. Escapes into Fiction: Violent Sexual Fantasy, Magical Reversal and Human Sexuality 8. The Origins of Daydreaming: Self-Soothing Practices in Early Childhood 9. General Conclusions

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.9.2013
Zusatzinfo VII, 273 p.
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Verhaltenstherapie
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-137-30076-0 / 1137300760
ISBN-13 978-1-137-30076-8 / 9781137300768
Zustand Neuware
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