B. “All literature shows us the power of emotion. It is emotion‚ not reason that motivates characters in literature.” – Duff Brenna. Using TWO characters we studied this semester (they may NOT be from the same play) discuss whether it is indeed emotion that motivates them in action and in thought. In Antigone by Sophcles‚ and in macbeth by shakespeare‚ we see that both antigone and macebth act and think out of emotion‚ macbeth wants to be king of scotland very badly‚ and kills many people to get
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Emotion –induced blindness Introduction Emotional visual scenes are powerful attracters of attention. Evidence suggests that emotional stimuli themselves attract attention‚ and they can disrupt perception of subsequent stimuli (Anderson and Phelps‚ 2001). In a visual attention search task‚ faster reaction time has been found when target is an emotional stimulus than neutral stimuli (Ohman‚ Lundqvist‚ & Esteves‚ 2001). From these result it seems that emotional stimuli enhance perception of such
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Are moral emotions adaptive? Moral emotions are experienced by everybody in some way or form and relate to how individuals respond to moral violations. Moral emotions may be critically important in understanding people’s behavioural adherence (or lack of adherence) to their moral standards (Tangey‚ Stuewig & Mashek‚ 1992). Kroll and Egan (2004) state that “Moral emotions provide the motivational force—the power and energy— to do good and to avoid doing bad”. There are many moral emotions that individuals
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Emotion 2004‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 1‚ 87–94 Copyright 2004 by the American Psychological Association‚ Inc. 1528-3542/04/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.4.1.87 BRIEF REPORTS Gender and Culture Differences in Emotion Agneta H. Fischer‚ Patricia M. Rodriguez Mosquera‚ and Annelies E. M. van Vianen Antony S. R. Manstead University of Cambridge University of Amsterdam In this article‚ the authors report a secondary analysis on a cross-cultural dataset on gender differences in 6 emotions‚ collected
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Child Emotions vs. Adult Emotions By Andrea Lee All appearances said that Catherine Linton was as grown up as she could be‚ she was married and quite past the age when one is considered an adult. But‚ if one would look just a little farther‚ they could see that in all her rebelliousness she is maintaining a carefully constructed façade‚ created to look adult while she spends hours of time dreaming about the childhood that she wished would last forever. When we first see Catherine enter Nelly’s
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Emotion and Culture Paper Kerry Rogers PS2000 Intro to Psychology Professor Eva Owen March 20‚ 2013 Evaluating the culture-specific and culturally universal aspects of emotional expression. Also‚ evaluate how this is related to evolutionary psychology. Be sure to discuss how you would integrate this with a Christian worldview. Culture-specific or culturally universal expressions dominate the lifestyle of very culture on every nation
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people would love to be able to identify what is true and what is false as simply as saying what’s black and what is white. The issue is that once they see the truth this battle between emotion and intellect occurs and whilst it happens‚ the person goes through a period where they must decide which side to take; the emotion‚ which is pure human instinct and raw‚ or the intellect‚ which is more factual and precise. It is these properties that many leading characters face in comedies and tragedies. One example
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Emotions as ways of knowing It is the traditional view claims‚ the emotions are more of an obstacle than a source of knowledge‚ we still need to look at them and consider how to guard their disruptive influence. It could‚ however‚ be argued that the emotions ‚play a more positive role in our mental lives and that without them we would be unable to make sense of the world. We also need to take a closer look‚ at the nature of intuition. For some of our most fundamental beliefs seem to be more emotional
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Expressing Emotions In the chapter‚ emotion is described as the powerful nature of an emotional experience and how we break it down. There are six primary emotions‚ surprise‚ joy‚ disgust‚ anger‚ fear‚ and sadness. They are identified through unique and consistent behavioral displays across cultures. However‚ every culture has different impressions of what the primary emotions in their culture are. While Americans consistently name surprise‚ joy‚ love‚ anger‚ fear‚ and sadness as primary emotions‚ Chinese
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ways of knowing. (Emotion and faith) I think that this quote is saying that who we are and our experiences in life influence the way we see things. This would mean that the way that one person sees and understands something can differ from the way another person sees that same thing. I think that this is true when a person’s emotions influence their understanding. Emotions and a person’s faith can influence how things are seen and understood from person to person. Emotions play an important role
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