Motivation & Emotion Motivation – is any condition‚ usually an internal one that can be inferred to initiate‚ activate‚ or maintain an organism’s goal-directed behaviour. First – motivation reflects an internal condition that cannot be directly observed. This may develop from simple physiological needs. Second – motivation is an inferred concept that links a person’s internal conditions to external behaviour. Third – motivation initiates‚ activates‚ or attains behaviour. Fourth – motivation generates
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Intelligence Over the centuries‚ intelligence has grown with mankind. As mankind has developed new technologies‚ intelligence too has been altered and developed. Many people who use the word intelligence define it differently then what is usually universally understood to be intelligence‚ and the both of those groups define intelligence differently from the few who have it. Some would say intelligence is a means to measure a person’s mental acuteness to various factors. The more a person is able
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Roxy Kulm Mr. Knoth AP English Lang. and Comp. 7 November 2012 Fearless To be fearless is to be combination of many different things. It is not simply the lack of fear but yet defined by actions and some actions can be considered fearless while others aren’t. Not many people use this word when describing a person’s actions. Chances are people that have reached success have done something that they were afraid of but simply had to face it in order to get where they needed to go. The lack
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Heroine is like money once used its is always needed. The name for “always needing something is addiction. Addiction is denoted as the compulsive need or use of a substance. The bottom line is addiction is neither good nor bad‚ but it is going to be used so how can it be stopped. People with addictive personality tend to be followers. They don’t usually lead anything. According to researchers‚ “certain types of people are more prone to addictive behavior than others.” The first sign of being one
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Anxiety All of us have some experience‚ of how and what anxiety feels like – e.g. our heart beat increases before a big event‚ we get butterflies in our stomach at exam time‚ we worry and get upset over family problems‚ we are concerned about our performance and looks at special occasions‚ or we feel nervous at the time of asking the boss for a raise etc.‚ etc. We are anxious just about anything. Actually‚ these are natural reactions related to our concerns about future. It is a fact‚ that anxiety
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Friendship is what makes the world go round. Without friendship‚ life would be plain‚ lonely‚ and boring. Friends are people you can talk to when you have no one that will listen‚ they are a shoulder you can cry on when you’re all alone. Friends can make you smile when you’re sad and stick up for you when you need them most. There are many different types of friends and it’s hard to decide who’s a friend and who isn’t. Sometimes‚ people think they have new friends‚ but honestly they don’t. Like true
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Prejudice is not about your opinion being accurate but instead the unwillingness to respect another’s personal beliefs. Whether or not you behave tolerably or intolerably towards a person’s opinion depends on the way you were raised‚ sometimes you are intolerable because of the people you were raised by. To be prejudiced a person must have a preconceived opinion or thought with no reasoning or experience to the topic. Often times people are prejudice because the people who raised them had an intolerable
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Confidence is often defined as freedom of doubt; believing in yourself and your abilities. Confidence is viewed as feelings of self-assurance from one’s appreciation of one’s own ability or qualities. Confidence is extremely salient in every aspect of our lives‚ and people who lack it can find it difficult to become successful. Confidence is something you develope. When you are confident you can easily reach your goals and desires. You have to believe in yourself and have confidence that you are
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Ziyu Zhu 11/19/2013 Lan Arts‚ Per 2 Everyday Heroes When one hears the word “hero‚” the first thing that pops up into peoples minds is a man wearing cape and tights‚ but a true hero is much more than that. We often forget that we are surrounded by heroes every single day. Our greatest heroes are just ordinary people doing extra ordinary things. Heroes don’t have to be the strongest‚ smartest‚ or the most famous. They are not just humans‚ they can be the pets we love. Heroes are
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People may think of the word hero differently. When I hear the word hero I think of Superman‚ Batman‚ and Spiderman. Those are all great “heroes” in my opinion. However‚ we know those are not factual heroes. A hero‚ also defined as someone who has made noble or brave accomplishments. Someone’s accomplishments or someone in a cape does not make them a hero. A true hero is someone who helps or makes a difference in someone’s life. The example he or she sets for society can make them a hero. Heroes
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