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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Jersey‚ “Music can even be used to strengthen or weaken emotions”. People in general completely agree on it! Is music a positive or a negative? It’s a positive‚ because music helps people to cope with our everyday life. Lyrics do affect/relate to people’s life When your feeling down a specific song makes you feel better. As Dr. Reed university of Texas states “many songs‚ genres of music triggers different emotions towards a person.” Music is a positive beneficial toward
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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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brings us to the place that they exist emotionally. Scorsese’s films take us into another reality‚ that is to say‚ the reality of his characters. “He is unafraid to use unusual cinematic techniques to thrust us boldly into the characters’ minds and emotions‚” (Thompson‚ & Brodwell‚ 2010). First‚ let’s take a look at Mean Streets. The film opens with a voiceover about sin and the church; Charlie‚ Harvey Keitel’s character‚ wakes up‚ as if from a nightmare‚ and looks in the mirror. Directly after
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opened. He even felt frightened when his mum brought him on a taxi. His parents tried to comfort him but he still kept on shouting‚ screaming and crying. He is so uncontrollable that makes his parents really confused. To explain Sam’s unreasonable emotion‚ we can use the concepts of classical conditioning. Before conditioning‚ cable car accident is an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) that produced frightened and impatient feeling and uncontrollable responses like screaming and crying seriously. A closed
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Managing and Using Emotions in the Workplace Brad Pagano Southern New Hampshire University Abstract This case study analysis offers an overarching review on managing and using emotions in the workplace. It uncovers the factors that lead to poor management of emotions‚ why the strategic use of emotions in the workplace can be a powerful tool for employees‚ and offers suggestions on methodologies that companies can change their emotional climate. It will also discuss the advantages and
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Are reason and emotion equally necessary in justifying moral decision? As a human being we posesses a moral desicion which distinguised ourselves from other animal species. So how do we distinguished what is right and what is wrong? Well many psychological research shows us that reason and emotion are two ways of knowledge that can be used in finding moral decision‚ and so both reason and emotion are needed in order to explain how do we justify moral desicion. The real question of the essay is
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Where the Wild Things Are is an excellent book to use when discussing emotions with children‚ and‚ although the theme is a little abstract‚ the author still does an exceptional job of developing the theme of dealing with anger and not letting it separate us from those we love – or from those who “love us best”. When Max is sent to his room without supper for causing mischief‚ he becomes angry. His wild journey becomes a metaphor for his journey through anger - the process of allowing his anger free
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Wright 1 Amy Wright Jason Corjay Psy 101 - Z4 21 Feb 2015 The Biology of Behavior The two opening chapters in Exploring Psychology have been very informative. I have chosen to go with chapter 2‚ The Biology of Behavior‚ as my topic. The first sentence pulled me in. I was both challenged and compelled about what I was reading and wanted to know more instantly. My first thought was that this possibly couldn’t be true. How could a brain tumor be an excuse for a sick mans advances towards a child
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