General Psychology: Perception and Emotion

The book offers a compact introduction to the topics of perception and emotion in general psychology. Based on a humanistic and holistic view of the human being, an attempt is also made at many points to philosophically question or supplement classical textbook knowledge. The topics covered include the methods of general psychology, philosophy of perception, characteristics and physiology of perception, psychophysics, colour vision, brightness constancy, depth perception, size constancy, optical illusions, illusions in magic, extrasensory perception, subliminal perception, acoustic perception, characteristics, components and functions of emotions, emotion theories and happiness.