tension. Sometimes referred to as the pleasure – pain principle‚ this motivating force helps drive behavior but it also wants instant satisfaction. As you might imagine‚ some needs simply cannot be met in the moment we feel them. If we satisfied our every whim whenever we felt hunger or thirst‚ we might find ourselves behaving in ways that are not appropriate for the given moment. I think that Epicurus and Freud have similar views on what pleasure is and what is unpleasurable. They both believe that
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The Idea of Mill ’s ethical theory is his Greatest Happiness Principle in that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness and they are wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the intended pleasure and the absence of pain. Unhappiness is the pain and the lack of pleasure. Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only desirable things.” Mill ’s view of happiness is hedonistic‚ which suggests that the only good thing in a person is pleasure and the
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Introduction Electrical drives Motion control is required in large number of industrial and domestic applications like transportation systems‚ rolling mills‚ paper machines‚ textile mills‚ machine tools ‚ fans pumps ‚ robots‚ washing machine etc.. system employed for motion control are called drives and employ any of the prime movers such as diesel or petrol engines gas or steam engines hydraulic motors and electric motors for supplying mechanical energy for motion control. Drives employing electric
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What is motivation? Motivation is a desire to achieve a goal‚ combined with the energy to work towards that goal. Students who are motivated have a desire to undertake their study and complete the requirements of their course. Are you a motivated student? Being a motivated student doesn’t mean you are always excited or fully committed to your study‚ but it does mean you will complete the tasks set for you even when assignments or practicals are difficult‚ or seem uninteresting. Positive and negative
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Erik Erikson is a well known psychoanalyst‚ and studied for many years under the famous Sigmund Freud. Erikson modeled his ideas from Freud’s‚ but was like many other followers‚ and believed that his theory on the developmental process of humans was more inclusive and extensive then Freud’s (Sharkey‚ 2003 p.1). Erikson studied and agreed on most of Freud’s beliefs and theories‚ but eventually saw that his own beliefs differed in certain ways. Both theorists believed that the human personality develops
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Two theorists that have made a major impact in the field of child psychology are Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson. Both theorists altered the way future generations study the development of children. Although both theorists focused on the same field‚ their theories were based on different developments; Freud emphasized on sexual development meanwhile Erikson emphasized on social development. Freud’s psychosexual stages and Erikson’s psychosocial stages break down a child’s identity and personality
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Team Motivation Paper: The motivation process behind the management team of XXXX consists of the respected theories of Abraham Maslow and Fredrick Herzberg. Using Maslow ’s hierarchy of needs and Herzberg ’s motivation-hygiene supposition‚ this company compounds the necessity to encourage effective productivity of its employees to provide efficient service to consumers. According to Keogh (2003)‚ Motivation is one of the most loaded nouns in the English language. It has intrinsic negative‚ as well
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Anna Freud Psychology was born in the 1800s‚ stemming from the foundation of philosophy. Psychology was dominated by men during this time‚ and it wasn’t until the late 1800s early 1900s that women began to emerge in this field of study. While there are several women who contributed to psychology‚ Anna Freud made a significant impact to the field as a child psychologist. Anna Freud Anna Freud‚ daughter of Sigmund Freud‚ was born December 3‚ 1895 in Vienna‚ Austria. Anna’s mother had decided not
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Aliens‚ Freud and the Unconscious: An examination of the film Alien Introduction What does one get when they mix the creativity of film-making and the unconscious imagination? Alien‚ the film. This exciting science-fiction film was directed by Ridley Scott in 1979. This film captures and possesses an array of qualities‚ all of which contribute to its overall success. In fact‚ one of the more predominant qualities that exists in this film is the use of suspense and surprises to encompass
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Sigmund Freud was a psychologist‚ from Austria‚ in the nineteenth century. He is known today for his theories and his dedication to the field of psychology. Some of his theories are still accurate and are used today. Sigmund Freud was born on May 6‚ 1856‚ at Freiberg in Moravia. Moravia was a small town in what is known today as Czechoslovakia.. Sigmund and his family were Jewish. He spent a few years of his life in Moravia and then later moved to Vienna. Sigmund had lived in Vienna for a while
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