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Emotions What Is an Emotion
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However, anxiety, like all emotions, is not the same for every person who experiences that emotion. One person may value the relationship more than the other person who is engaged in a conflict. Thus, the stakes are higher in the conflict, and one party has more motivation to instigate resolution.
There is also the potential for different levels of post-resolution anxiety to vary between individual to individual. A highly suspicious person may still experience intense anxiety, even after the conflict has been resolved, and continue to feel the heightened sense of awareness that goes along with the physical changes induced by conflict resolution.

Living in a social group presents conflicts of interest but is the result of interests in common. Explain how social interactions can result in positive emotional responses and influence the strength of a social bond. How is physical contact important for maintaining relationships and facilitating conflict resolution?

Anxiety and…...

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Emotions Organizations
Pages: 4 Words: 1281

Emotions
Managing emotions in an organization is a challenge, for a number of reasons, and many organization prove ineffective at this. There are several possible reasons. One is that the emotions themselves can be quite complex, varying between individuals and even within an individual over time. For a single individual to manage their own emotions is a challenge, much less a third party (like a manager) trying manage the emotions of multiple individuals simultaneously. People typically have multiple emotional roles, and this can affect them in the workplace, especially where there is an element of role confusion, such as being asked to work overtime on a stressful project at a time when they are needed at home (Wharton & Erickson, 1993).

Organizations can also struggle in dealing with emotions in the workplace because they fail to place sufficient emphasis on developing emotional intelligence in the workplace. Managers are often selected, in many…...

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References

Gunkel, M., Schlagel, C. & Engle, R. (2013). Culture's influence on emotional intelligence: An empirical study of nine countries. Journal of International Management In press.

Jordan, P. & Troth, A. (2009). Managing emotions during team problem solving: emotional intelligence and conflict resolution. Human Performance. Vol. 17 (2) 195-218.

Wharton, A. & Erickson, R. (1993). Managing emotions on the job and at home: Understanding the consequences of multiple emotional roles. Academy of Management Review. Vol. 18 (3) 457-486.

Wierzbicka, A. (1986). Human emotions: Universal or culture-specific? American Anthropologist. Vol. 88 (3) 584-594.

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Emotions Stress Health Emotions and Stress Play
Pages: 3 Words: 1043

Emotions, Stress, Health
Emotions and stress play a strong role in the mental and physical health of a person. Some people react more strongly to the stress that they face in their life, and some people are much more emotional than others. The topic of emotions, stress, and health is an interesting one because it shows just how delicate and also how resilient people can be when it comes to their mental and physical health, as well as their ability to let go of stressful situations and their ability to face and deal with their emotions. The link between stress and health should be addressed and recognized by everyone, because taking steps to control emotions and mitigate stress is one of the ways in which people can help themselves to live longer and healthier lives. Often, stress is said to be a killer. While the actual act of getting stressed out…...

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Emotions as Motive the Two Theories on
Pages: 2 Words: 575

Emotions as Motive
The two theories on emotion are the Cannon-Bard theory, introduced by Walter Cannon in 1927, and the Schacter Two-Factor Theory, introduced by Stanley Schacter in 1964. In the Cannon-Bard theory, it was posited that physiological arousal could occur without emotion also occurring (i.e. one could experience a racing heart and goosebumps without seeing a snake and being afraid) (Weiten, 2005). Cannon-bard was incorrect in the theory that emotion began in the thalamus, but other theorists have since agreed that emotion sits somewhere in the brain's subcortical brain structures (Weiten, 2005).

The second theory of emotion, the Schacter Two-Factor theory, introduced the idea of situational cues and decision between alternate emotions (Weiten, 2005). According to Schacter, emotions depend on two factors, the being autonomic arousal to something, and the second being an interpretation of the arousal felt (Weiten, 2005). For example, if I were to wake up tomorrow morning feeling…...

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References

Dolan, R.J. (2002). Emotion, Cognition, and Behavior. Science, 298(5596), 1191. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Parkinson, B. (1997). Untangling the Appraisal- Emotion Connection. Personality & Social Psychology Review (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates), 1(1), 62. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Weiten, W. (2005). Psychology: themes & variations 6th ed. briefer version. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

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Emotion Regulation Can Be Defined
Pages: 2 Words: 702

The other important factor that has been mentioned in the previous section includes rumination. umination is when an individual consistently thinks negative about a certain situation or a set of situation. The negative thoughts are the main source of increased negativity in relation to reality and a complete loss of touch with the real meaning of life (Papageorgiou & Siegle, 2003, p. 243). If literature is taken into account, it was previously believed that rumination was the main factor that helped in determining the total duration of cycle of depression. esponding to and focusing consistently on the Symptoms of depression is referred to as rumination. umination is more commonly seen in the people who are anxious, neurotic, negative, pessimistic, and those who believe in having negative attribution styles. The literature has mentioned that the tendency that the individuals have to ruminate remains constant over a certain period of time…...

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References

Derakshan, N., & Eysenck, M.W., (2009). Anxiety, Processing Efficiency, and Cognitive Performance: New Developments from Attentional Control Theory. European Psychologist, 14(2), 168-176.

Eysenck, M.W., Derakshan, N., Santos, R., & Calvo, M.G., (2007). Anxiety and Cognitive Performance: Attentional Control Theory. Emotion, 7(2), pp. 336-353.

Papageorgiou, C., & Siegle, G.J. (2003). Rumination and Depression: Advances in Theory and Research. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 27(3), pp. 243-245.

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Emotions Impact on Decision Making
Pages: 2 Words: 643

Self-control is rarely enough to stop even unethical or immoral behavior in the context of sexual aroused states (Ariely, Loewenstein, 2006). The authors also contend that when major decisions need to be made, respondents would be best to negate the influences of these sources to reduce the risk of myopic focus and decision-making (Andrade, Ariely, 2009). For those making major life decisions, being able to gain greater self-awareness and moving beyond the constraints of myopic perceptional bias based on sexual stimuli is advised (Ariely, Loewenstein, 2006).
The same holds true for other emotions including fear or sadness. There is an inherent false consensus that those making decisions often experience, seeing others' perceptual valuation and belief in a given decision-making outcome. Not only does this completely change the context and perception of actual alternatives, it can also create false pressure on the decision to be made in a specific way or…...

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References

Andrade, E.B., & Ariely, D. (2009). The enduring impact of transient emotions on decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 109(1),

Ariely, D., & Loewenstein, G. (2006). The heat of the moment: the effect of sexual arousal on sexual decision making. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 19(2), 87-98.

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Emotions of Influence on Decisions
Pages: 2 Words: 721

(Andrade, 2009, pp. 1 -8) (Ariely, 2006, pp. 87 -- 98)
How might other emotions, such as fear or sadness affect our decisions?

Fear or sadness could cause someone to consume more or less of a particular product. This is because it can set off emotional triggers that will help the person feel better. For example, when someone is feeling sad, worried, stressed out or fearful they will often smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol. This is because both can change the person's underlying state by allowing them to forget about their problems. Once this takes place, is when they are able to feel a sense of comfort in times of extreme amounts of stress. (Andrade, 2009, pp. 1 -8) (Ariely, 2006, pp. 87 -- 98)

Moreover, this can cause a person to become disengaged in particular activities. For instance, if someone is afraid of losing something, they will do anything they can…...

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References

Andrade, E. (2009). The enduring impact of transient emotions on decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 109(1), 1-8.

Ariely, D. (2006). The heat of the moment: the effect of sexual arousal on sexual decision making. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 19(2), 87- 98.

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Emotions Memory and Freud
Pages: 2 Words: 618

Emotions and Memory
Emotions, memory, and Freud

Emotion and memory

Describe how emotion influences memory for details and how non-emotional events are remembered.

Emotion can have a measurable impact on what and how different environmental stimuli are recorded in one's memory. Because emotional arousal facilitates storage -- "neuroimaging studies demonstrate amygdala activation during the encoding of emotionally laden stimuli" -- memory recall is enhanced "for information presented in a (negatively) emotional context" (Anderson & Shimamura 2005: 323). However, there is also contradictory evidence to this supposition given "studies of eyewitness memory and psychological trauma suggest reduced or distorted memory under emotional stress" (Anderson & Shimamura 2005: 324). This paradox is partially explained by the fact that because "emotional events produce a narrowing of attentional focus for emotional stimulus" -- the brain tends to focus on only one thing and thus can create a distorted memory (Anderson & Shimamura 2005: 324). In contrast, non-emotional events…...

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References

Anderson, Lisa & Arthur P. Shimamura. (2005). Influences of emotion on context memory while viewing film clips. Socrates. Retrieved:

 http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~shimlab/2005_Anderson-Shim-AJP.pdf 

Jones, Susan C. (1995). Memory aids for math. Fayetteville, AR: Educational Memory Aids

Excerpted at:  http://www.memoryaids.com/research.html

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Emotions or Feelings Assume a Fundamental Part
Pages: 8 Words: 2914

Emotions or feelings assume a fundamental part in our day-to-day social interactions (Scherer, 2003) and work as essential administrative and utilitarian capacities inside the body and mind, and emotions also encourage logical thinking and discernment. After thorough evaluation and assessment of hypotheses and methodology utilized in the field of emotional study, I considered different advantages and shortcomings in every one of them and decided upon an unbiased/neutral stance in my methods. This particular field is not that much established though it is growing rapidly. My viewpoint is that after careful observation, the evaluated techniques have had a comparative level of presentation and acceptance. In spite of the much time spent on investigation into the attributes of emotions there is an obvious absence of accord and consistency among scientific researchers on what feeling or emotions are and how they are shown or represented (Lopatovska & Arapakis, 2011; Cozby & Bates, 2012).
Emotions…...

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References

Lopatovska, I., & Arapakis, I. (2011). Theories, methods and current research on emotions in library and information science, information retrieval and human-computer interaction. Information Processing & Management, 47(4), 575-592.

Cozby, P.C., & Bates, S. (2012). Methods in behavioral research. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Scherer, K.R. (2003). Vocal communication of emotion: A review of research paradigms. Speech Communication, 40(1-2), 227-256.

Frijda, N.H. (1994). Varieties of affect: Emotions and episodes, moods, and sentiments. The nature of emotion. New York: Oxford University Press (pp. 59-67).

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Emotion This Story Has Three
Pages: 1 Words: 416

Instead, perhaps because of her gender, she is emotionally cruel and self-centered. She does not do harm, but like Frank she does nothing to prevent harm from being done to others -- she does nothing to 'stanch' Mary's internal bleeding, just as Frank does nothing to staunch Kenny's real hemorrhaging.
3) What doesn't Mary like about the people at the New York college?

Mary finds them brittle, false and superficial -- she realizes she is being interviewed to satisfy 'a rule,' nothing more and despises the formulaic and hypocritical nature of the process.

4) One might identify Mary's desire for __approval____ to be in conflict with her desire for __originality____?

5) The hearing aid is symbolic of Mary's inability to...

…to truly hear others and to speak her own mind. At the beginning of the story, Mary is shown straining to hear a professor, showing she is always on the receiving end of other's…...

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The Emotion of Gratitude
Pages: 11 Words: 3256

Gratitude and Thanksgiving Good Habits for Character Development Introduction
Gratitude is a moral emotion of appreciation and thankfulness. It is considered a moral emotion because it promotes a social attitude and behavior that is deemed virtuous and positive both for one’s character and for one’s community (Buck). But why is gratitude deemed important? What value does it bring to the community or what development does it enable in the human character? Gratitude is obviously important enough in American society that the holiday of Thanksgiving was long ago set aside so that Americans could remember to express their gratitude for life’s blessings and to remember how it was that the Pilgrims came to survive their first harsh winter. However, as the modern world turns away from its traditions and embraces a new, more politically correct philosophy of life, can one say that gratitude still plays a part in one’s life or community? The…...

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References

Buck, Ross. "The gratitude of exchange and the gratitude of caring: A developmental-interactionist perspective of moral emotion." The psychology of gratitude (2004): 100-122.

Nussbaum, Martha. "Emotions as Judgments of Value and Importance." (2004).

Srinivasan, Amia. "The aptness of anger." Journal of Political Philosophy 26.2 (2018): 123-144.

Thomason, Krista K. "The moral value of envy." The Southern Journal of Philosophy 53.1 (2015): 36-53.

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Emotion Recognition of Written Expressions
Pages: 1 Words: 351

g. Ota et al. 2009; Wang and Ching 2009). No other similar comparative studies exist on the difference between facial and word recognition of emotion, making comparison difficult. Yet the findings of the present study correlate with the increased accuracy given clear intent as found by Wang and Ching (2009). The fact that the speeds of both word recognition and facial expression recognition matched those of earlier studies is also a confirmation of the accuracy and reliability of the present studies design and findings.
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Ota, M.; Hartsuiker, . & Haywood, S. (2009). "The KEY to the OCK: Near-homophony in nonnative visual word recognition." Cognition 111(2), pp. 263-9

Van der Haagen, L.; Brysbaert, M. & Davis, C. (2009). "How does interhemispheric communication in visual word recognition work? Deciding between early and late integration accounts of theory." Brain and language, 108(2), pp. 112-21

Wang, M. & Ching, C. (2009). "ecognition intent and visual word recognition."…...

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References

Ota, M.; Hartsuiker, R. & Haywood, S. (2009). "The KEY to the ROCK: Near-homophony in nonnative visual word recognition." Cognition 111(2), pp. 263-9

Van der Haagen, L.; Brysbaert, M. & Davis, C. (2009). "How does interhemispheric communication in visual word recognition work? Deciding between early and late integration accounts of theory." Brain and language, 108(2), pp. 112-21

Wang, M. & Ching, C. (2009). "Recognition intent and visual word recognition." Consciousness and cognition, 18(1), pp. 65-77

Yap, M. & Balota, D. (200(). "Recognition of multisyllabic words." Journal of memory and language, 60(4), pp. 502-29.

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Emotions in Our Town Thornton
Pages: 10 Words: 3697

All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years and yet you'd be surprised how people are always losing hold of it. There's something way down deep that's eternal about every human being (Wilder, p.68).
Looking at what happens in Act III with reference to that quotation, it is clear that Wilder is trying to say that something about Emily lives on in the town. It is not Emily. By having the Stage Manager offer to take her back to life and demonstrating that Emily literally cannot return to the world of the living, Wilder explodes the idea that Emily can return to the living. He makes it clear that death does mean the end of something. However, it is important to realize that Wilder's play does show some type of life in the cemetery. The cemetery's inhabitants may not be engaging in the…...

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References

Naughton, James. (2003). Our Town. Line by Line Productions.

Wilder, Thornton. (1938). Our Town: A Play in Three Acts. New York: Coward McCann, Inc.

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Emotion Singular You Think Readers Will Feel
Pages: 4 Words: 1856

EMOTION (singular) you think readers will feel
People from all areas have tried for years to get the public to react to the dangers oil companies pose to our environment. Regardless of where one stands, Frances Beinecke's article "Trip to the Arctic Refuge Reveals How Far Oil Industry ill Go to Drill Pristine Landscapes" definitely raises one's curiosity. Beinecke's title alone clearly states the author's position and, furthermore, it makes the reader want to dive into it and see what she might have to say on the specific topic. Not only does she provide information concerning oil companies and their obsession with exploiting every bit of land, but she also cleverly builds her arguments against such enterprises. Beinecke's decision to write this article using the 1st person, as in a personal testimony, not only gained her readers' attention, but also their curiosity to find out more about the subject. She…...

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Works cited:

• Beinecke, Frances, "Trip to the Arctic Refuge Reveals How Far Oil Industry Will Go to Drill Pristine Landscapes"

• Chance, Norman, "A Special Report," Retrieved September 22, 2013, from the University of Connecticut

Website: http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ANWR/anwrpreface.html

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Emotion of Love and Its Commercialization Sexual
Pages: 6 Words: 1667

Emotion of Love and Its Commercialization
Sexual love and marriage is a central theme in the lives and culture of human beings throughout the world. With very few exceptions, even the most diverse societies share the general concept of romantic love and the ritualistic importance of the monogamous union between man and woman (Ackerman, 1995). Certainly, major components of the complex emotions and physical urges that we associate with romantic love are purely biologically based. In this respect, we share sexual urges, ritualistic mating, courtship displays and pair bonding with (other) animals. In other respects, human intelligence and cultural diversity have given rise to a tremendous variety in societal beliefs about romantic love and marriage. In the United States, sex and love have been commercialized to such a degree that it is clearly the dominant overall marketing theme of the advertising industries. Many of the same evolutionary biological bases of…...

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REFERENCES

Ackerman, D. (1995) A Natural History of Love.

Vintage: New YorkBranden, N. (1981) The Psychology of Romantic Love.

Batam: New York Sex in America. U.S. News & World Report.

October 17, 1994 (Cover Story).

Q/A
Writing my essay on animal abuse?
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To argue against animal abuse, you want your thesis to clearly state that you're against it and why. Your opinion should be a part of the thesis statement, but you want to be careful to actually present arguable, logical points, as well. You could say you're against animal abuse for a number of reasons. For example, some common ones are that animals feel both physical and emotional pain (abuse is cruel), that animals can't defend themselves and people should care for them because of their innocent nature, and that animal abuse can lead to further deviant and criminal behavior -....

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a streetcar named desire scence 3 analysis?
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You can find great information on Scene 3 of A Streetcar Named Desire here: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/streetcar/section3.rhtml The use of language varies a lot between Stanley (very coarse) and Blanche (full of lyric and emotion when she speaks about her husband). Symbolism is particularly important, because Tennessee Williams was very focused on more than just what was said by the characters. He wanted the people who read his work to experience more than just the words of the people in the story. It's also possible to find the scene on YouTube so you can watch it and understand more about the motifs and....

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Explain three types of therapy interventions used by Gestalt therapist. Provide an example to demonstrate how each of the intervention is used in the counselling session?
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Gestalt therapy is rooted in the idea that all people experience things subjectively.  In other words, not only are people not objective about their experiences, but people are not supposed to be objective about their experiences.  Furthermore, even therapists cannot be objective about experiences, as their own context and background influence how they approach scenarios. Therefore, instead of substituting their judgment about a clients’ experiences, therapists are called to accept that their clients are relaying the truth, or at least the client’s subjective truth, about their own experiences.

Because of this approach, Gestalt therapy is not as strictly....

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