The connection between motivation and emotions can be seen in everyday life. To show the connection this paper will discuss two of the historical theories of emotion and arousal as they relate to human motivation. Then it will analyze two research methods used for uncovering basic emotions. Finally it will cover the facial feedback hypothesis‚ particularly the event-appraisal-emotion sequence. James-Lange Theory There have been numerous theories on emotions and arousal. The James-Lange theory is
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Fear Fear is a common human emotion that everybody experiences at least once in their life. Fear works like an instinct and can actually be helpful because it gives signal that you should be careful and alert. However‚ humans respond to fear with different types of physical signs such as sweating‚ shaking‚ and increased heartbeat. I have felt this emotion multiple times when I was in my public speaking class as a sophomore. In the book Native Son fear controls one of the characters and it leads
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senses send our sounds/images to first and it stays there briefly or it is moved to our short term or just lost. In the short term memory‚ the information lasts up to 60 seconds or moved on to our long term memory which can last a lifetime. Therefore‚ emotions take a part on whether the information we receive becomes a long term memory. In the article “Forgetting the Unforgotten Affective Autobiographical Memories in Nonclinical Dissociators” the researchers wanted to find out if a person scores high
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To begin‚ Nagina Abdullah‚ a Life Hack author‚ writes an article‚ 5 Ways Sugar Affects Your Mental Performance‚ on how sugar affects a person’s mood‚ focus and learning and memory. Sugar is known to be linked to binge eating and dopamine spikes. Dopamine is a reward chemical in the brain. These lead to emotional crashes‚ and during these crashes‚ a person
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people who have been blind since birth have similar facial expressions of emotions. This observation suggests that facial expressions are innate‚ since blind people could not have learned these expressions by observing others. 2. We all have emotions. Some emotions are automatic responses like disgust‚ happiness‚ confusion‚ and sadness. All are uncontrollable and universal expressions that humans have. Meaning these emotions look the same on everyone and are uncontrolled responses to some stimulus
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Acting on Emotions Sophocles designs his plays to instruct his audience members to behave morally correct. People’s actions are ruled by their emotions (jealousy‚ suspicion‚ anger‚ pride‚ and love) and it leads to negative effects for them. But when acting in a sage demeanor‚ it gives evidence to a person’s character. Sophocles writes his characters to be ruled by their emotions and to teach people to behave in a prudent demeanor. Sophocles designs his plays to have the people of authority act
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Spring 13 Spring 13 University of Miami University of Miami Midtem #1/ENG 201-N Anchita Sanan #1. Discuss the character of Achilles in Homer’s Iliad. What is the nature of the existential crisis in which he finds himself‚ and why is his relationship to both gods and the other Greek warriors so unusual? What realization does he arrive at during his period of withdrawal from the battlefield? What does it mean to say that he is probably the first true individual as well as the first “problem
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Anzaldua Essay August 28‚ 2013 In Anzaldua’s"how to tame a wild tongue"‚her target audience are: chicanos‚chicanas and others who have had their language burdened by a dominant language. In her writing she uses ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. Anzaldua tells us about her bringing up in an American school system. Her Ethos increases as she describes us what she’s been through and experiences. She tells us about her different struggles she’s put up with as her teachers deeply enforced her to forget her
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My father and I have been working to complete my Interpersonal Communication assignment. I lived with my mother and my father up until the age of 21 (twenty-one) when I moved out on my own. I moved back home just after my mother passed away. Today May 10th‚ 2013‚ I asked my father if he could assist me with completing this exercise. We started this assignment at approximately 10am and finished at 10:45am. I found this exercise to be quite enjoyable. I specifically like that I am still able to
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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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