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.
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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 ConclusionsYazar hakkında
Meta Regis is an English teacher at Stella Maris College, Australia. She received her Ph D from Macquarie University, Australia in 2006 and was previously a Tutor in Philosophy and Seminar Leader in Psychology at Macquarie.
Dil İngilizce ● Biçim PDF ● Sayfalar 273 ● ISBN 9781137300775 ● Dosya boyutu 2.0 MB ● Yayımcı Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Kent London ● Ülke GB ● Yayınlanan 2013 ● İndirilebilir 24 aylar ● Döviz EUR ● Kimlik 3090483 ● Kopya koruma Sosyal DRM