Theory of Emotion Name Institutional Affiliation Theories of Emotion One of the most outstanding theories of learning in the field of psychology is the cognitive theory. This theory attempts to explain the behavior of human beings through an evaluation and recognition of their thought process. According to cognitive theorists‚ the thoughts of an individual are the single most crucial determinants of the behaviors and emotions of an individual. Consequently‚ these thoughts are responsible for the
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Theories of emotion The James-Lange Theory American Psychologist William James and the Danish Psychologist Carl Lange. James-Lange theory holds that physiological response give rise to our cognitive experience of emotion. Our body responds to a perception of an event before we experience the emotion. James-Lange Theory: 1. Event 2. Arousal 3. Emotion Example: The dog is growling; My muscles tense; My heart races; I feel afraid. The Cannon-Bard Thalamic Theory Walter Cannon a psychologist
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We all use metaphors in our everyday lives. We use them to make a point‚ to make the language more alive or simply because some metaphors have become the correct word to describe something (also known as a dead metaphor. In the book “The Philosophy of Rhetoric” I.A. Richards describes the metaphor as consisting of two parts; the tenor (the subject) and the vehicle (the metaphor). When we say that somebody has “a heart of gold”‚ no one thinks that this is actually the case. But the phrase gives a
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Helloo List of emotions From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This is a list of emotions (feelings). Contents 1 Robert Plutchik’s theory 2 Book Two of Aristotle’s Rhetoric 3 The engineered language Lojban 4 Other websites Robert Plutchik’s theory Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions This says that the basic eight emotions are: Fear → feeling afraid. Other words are terror (strong fear)‚ shock‚ phobia Anger → feeling angry. A stronger word is rage. Sadness → feeling sad. Other words
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Chapter 8 Motivation and Emotion After twenty plus years‚ I returned to school to acquire my degree and further my education. My friends and family could not understand why I wanted to take time so much time out of my life to do this. They would tell me‚ “you already have an established career”. They could not understand what drove me to take this road. They felt I was missing out on life. So after reading this chapter which covered several distinct theories of motivation‚ I asked myself
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Genres and Emotions Music is present in every moment of our life. Music can be found in movies‚ TV‚ radio‚ the Internet‚ and actually‚ a lot of people have access to it in their cellphones or IPods. Music has a lot of different genres‚ like country‚ rock‚ pop‚ hip-hop‚ rap‚ romantic and many others. Each genre has a different rhythm‚ and a different lyric’s style. Every person enjoys listening to a genre that is different than the favorite rhythm of other person. That means that all the people
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with dancing‚ fined deserts‚ or a horse carriage ride home. Even though the date was not the enchanted fairy tale that I was hoping for‚ it was still a night that I hold deep in my heart because I experienced for the first time‚ a roller coaster of emotions starting from the meet and greet‚ the heart of the date‚ and the ending of a once in a life time moment. On the day of the date‚ I was beleaguered with trepidation that the date would go horribly wrong since Mother Nature was suffering through
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create a negative impact showing us how successful Augustus really was. Augustus John collaborates with his long time lover Marchesa Luisa Casati to create a beautiful bravura style painting with a bold provocative gaze and pose. Augustus being so close to Luisa he captured her‚ not as one of the outrageous acts she puts on‚ but Luisa when she is most herself. Dominating the canvas she’s placed in front of the Italian alps which only accentuates her character and emphasizes her bold personality
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Happiness is one of many human emotions. Life events‚ including both external and internal stimuli often elicit a state of emotional happiness. Individual’s natural temperament‚ age‚ gender‚ culture‚ and religious affiliation are all mitigating factors in the way individual’s respond to life’s circumstances and in turn the changes in their happiness levels. Furthermore‚ the need to find happiness‚ fulfilment and overcome obstacles in life is an inherent human trait. Myers (2000) draws on several
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WITHOUT EMOTION In this paragraph I will talk about how a man named G. Gordon Liddy‚ struggled as a kid to kill without emotion‚ he was aspiring to be a soldier one day. His plans were to be ready for war one day and be effective when the time came. As a child he found himself in a situation with a squirrel while he was hunting‚ after taking the shot he did not managed to kill the squirrel in one shot‚ so he watched how the squirrel was falling down the tree mortally wounded and in lots of pain
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