Blogs, Podcasts, and RSS. Join or Donate to SPN. PhD in Clinical Psychology from University of Waterloo, 1992. Media Contacts are available to answer media inquiries about their research or other areas of expertise. If you are a reporter, writer, or producer who wishes to schedule an interview, please use the Contact. Emotion, Mood, Affect.

Why is it that some people float through life in a sea of tranquility and others spend their days riding an emotional roller coaster? Why does a traumatic experience result in psychopathology for some but leave others unscathed? What evolutionary purpose does variation in affect serve? How does early development program life-long variation in affective processing? How does the social environment shape the brain and emotion? .

The science behind how, why, and what you feel. The emotional basis of prejudice. Across the US and the globe, there has recently been an uptick in prejudice. Decades of research show that prejudice is a deeply emotional phenomenon. Anyone who is being honest can admit to at. Demonstrates that not all emotions are equal when it comes to prejudice. Does labeling your feelings help regulate them? September 9, 2016.