Persons, Situations, and Emotions: An Ecological Approach by Hermann Brandstatter (Professor Emeritus in the Department of Social and Economic Psychology, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Social and Economic Psychology, Johannes Kepler University, Austria)
This book represents a social psychological approach to the study of emotion. The contributors present empirical data using the 'time sampling' or 'experience sampling' technique developed by Brandstatter. This technique allows researchers to gain direct access to the phenomenological experiences of subjects without the distorting effects of recall. Populations studied include bank employees, factory workers, housewives, and the unemployed.