Anger Management Term Paper
Anger Management
PSY 1012, Richard Bender
Aristotle had a famous quote “Anyone can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not easy.” Anger is one of the worst and the most devastating emotions we can have. Anger, as it is defined by most psychologist, is an emotional state consisting of feelings that vary in intensity from mild irritation or annoyance to intense fury and rage. Anger is a feeling that needs to be vented by itself without hostility or aggression. The most difficult part about anger is controlling and managing it. The reason it is so difficult to manage for most people is that it becomes habit. We react to certain situations, people, or environment with hostility and aggression below are awareness level where we do not understand the consequences of our actions until it 's to late.
The goals of this seminar is to posses an understanding of the principles of anger management as it applies in the work and home environment. Anger Management commonly refers to a system of psychological therapeutic techniques and exercises by which someone with excessive or uncontrollable anger and aggression can control or reduce the triggers, degrees, and effects of an angered emotional state. In some countries, courses in anger management may even be mandated by their legal system. If you have ever seen the movie Anger Management the actor Adam Sandler is forced by a judge to attend anger management after an incident on a plane where he let his anger get out of control.
There are three major components of anger reactions. The first one is physiological. A physiological reaction is mostly physical, the area of the brain called the amygdala mediates anger experiences, deciding the events as either harmful or gratifying. Neurotransmitters surge evoking the body. The physical sensation increases heart rate and muscle tension, pulse
PSY 1012, Richard Bender
Aristotle had a famous quote “Anyone can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not easy.” Anger is one of the worst and the most devastating emotions we can have. Anger, as it is defined by most psychologist, is an emotional state consisting of feelings that vary in intensity from mild irritation or annoyance to intense fury and rage. Anger is a feeling that needs to be vented by itself without hostility or aggression. The most difficult part about anger is controlling and managing it. The reason it is so difficult to manage for most people is that it becomes habit. We react to certain situations, people, or environment with hostility and aggression below are awareness level where we do not understand the consequences of our actions until it 's to late.
The goals of this seminar is to posses an understanding of the principles of anger management as it applies in the work and home environment. Anger Management commonly refers to a system of psychological therapeutic techniques and exercises by which someone with excessive or uncontrollable anger and aggression can control or reduce the triggers, degrees, and effects of an angered emotional state. In some countries, courses in anger management may even be mandated by their legal system. If you have ever seen the movie Anger Management the actor Adam Sandler is forced by a judge to attend anger management after an incident on a plane where he let his anger get out of control.
There are three major components of anger reactions. The first one is physiological. A physiological reaction is mostly physical, the area of the brain called the amygdala mediates anger experiences, deciding the events as either harmful or gratifying. Neurotransmitters surge evoking the body. The physical sensation increases heart rate and muscle tension, pulse
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