Emotional Contagion » (1st Edition)

A study of the phenomenon of emotion contagion, or the communication of mood to others.

1. Introduction;
2. Animal research;
3. Developmental research: A. Evidence that children catch their parents' emotions; B. Evidence that parents catch their childrens' emotions;
4. Clinical research: A. Therapists' reaction to clients: i. Clinicians assessment of clients' emotional states: Conscious judgments versus emotional contagion; ii. Do therapists' expectations subtly effect emotional contagion?; B. Psychopathic clients; C. Peoples' reactions to the anxious, depressed, or angry;
5. Social psychological research: A. Cross-cultural research: hysterical contagion; B. Experimental social psychological research;
6. Historical research: A. The dancing manias of the Middle-Ages; B. The great fear of 1789; C. The New York City riots of 1863; D. Man's inhumanity to man;
6. Summing up.