Daydreams and the Function of Fantasy

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK | e druk, 2013
ISBN13: 9781349453269
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Palgrave Macmillan UK e druk, 2013 9781349453269
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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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ISBN13:9781349453269
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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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 Conclusions

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