Who isn't interested in emotions, their expression, and their impact on the body and on other people? Emotion psychology deals with all these questions. However, for students and interested laypeople, it is not easy to gain an overview of this field and its central statements. This book helps them find an entry point into emotion psychology. In addition to theories and methods of emotion research, the book primarily focuses on the role of emotions in interpersonal relationships. How are emotions expressed, how do we recognize them in others, and what role do they play in the quality of relationships? The book comes with a CD-ROM containing an emotion recognition test that can be used to assess and train the ability to recognize emotions.