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    About emotions

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    The word "emotion" dates back to 1579‚ when it was adapted from the French word émouvoir‚ which means "to stir up". However‚ the earliest precursors of the word likely dated back to the very origins of language. In psychology and philosophy‚ emotion is a subjective‚ conscious experience characterized primarily by psychophysiological expressions‚ biological reactions‚ and mental states. Emotion is often associated and considered reciprocally influential with mood‚ temperament‚ personality‚ disposition

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    Motivation and Emotion

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    Motivation and Emotion Motivation: Motive: An emotion‚ desire‚ physiological need and or similar impulse that acts as an encouragement to action. Motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. It is an internal state that activates and gives direction to thoughts‚ feelings and action. Types and Nature of Motives: Intrinsic motivation: Internal desire to perform a particular task. For example‚ pleasure‚ mastery etc. Before to be intrinsically motivated‚ one must satisfy

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    Gender and Emotions

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    in the way men and women experience emotions. Women are assumed to be far more emotional than men‚ both in experiencing the emotions internally‚ as well as expressing them to the outside world. While the genders may differ in how they express their emotions‚ men and women do not inherently differ in the frequency of emotionality. Men are not emotionless‚ and women do not overcompensate for men’s lack of emotion. The roots of our ideas about gender and emotion date far back. According to Simon and

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    Theories of Emotion Malari Danielle Burch 06/15/2014 Psy/240 Tami R Gannon Our emotions are controlled by our limbic system. The limbic system is a group of structures that control our emotions. The structure that make up are limbic system are: amygdala‚ mammillary body‚ hippocampus‚ fornix‚ cortex of cingulate gyrus‚ septum‚ olfactory bulb‚ and hypothalamus. It is believed that emotions are expressed through the actions of these structures. There are three main theories of emotions. These

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    what are emotions

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    Helloo List of emotions From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This is a list of emotions (feelings). Contents 1 Robert Plutchik’s theory 2 Book Two of Aristotle’s Rhetoric 3 The engineered language Lojban 4 Other websites Robert Plutchik’s theory Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions This says that the basic eight emotions are: Fear → feeling afraid. Other words are terror (strong fear)‚ shock‚ phobia Anger → feeling angry. A stronger word is rage. Sadness → feeling sad. Other words

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    Motivation and Emotion

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    determined rather than learned.” (University of Phoenix‚ 2010‚ pp. 244-248). The theory of instinct affects motivation because it is said to be preprogrammed into the person or animal. These kinds of responses are able to keep you alive. There are many psychologists that believe our behavior is learned through this concept‚ but is not really accepted. According to the reading material drive reduction is a “theory suggesting that a lack of a basic biological requirement such as water produces a

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    Emotions in the Workplace

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    al (2010) defined emotions in the workplace as an external presentation of our personal experiences‚ meaning feelings are internal but emotions on the other side‚ can be intentionally influenced. Service organisations‚ even more than ordinary organisation‚ have to deal with a great deal of communication‚ with customers‚ suppliers and staff. For a long time ‚ communication was seen as mainly verbal but an undeniable amount relied in non-verbal and this is the product of emotions. To understand the

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    .Basic Emotions

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    basic emotions- Category analysis of emotion words Category analysis of emotion words is theory used to describe emotions; the study explains that words have been created to describe our emotions based on emotional experiences. Certain words such as love or hate can give you a distinct feeling depending on the situation. Johnson-Laird and Oatley conducted a large analysis of 590 English words that we use to express emotion verbally and found that there are numerous ways that our emotions can be

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    Emotion in the workplace

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    Emotion in the workplace: The New Challenge for Managers Emotional Intelligence‚ In recent years‚ have become something of a hot topic in management. According to the authors‚ the aim of this article is to acquaint managers with intruiging new research that examines both emotional intelligence and the broader issue of emotion‚ which has shown to play a powerful role in workplace setting. The authors opened the article with a scenario concerning an employee‚ which unfortunately‚ probably presents

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    Emotions and Moods

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    Chapter 4: Emotions and moods Why were emotions and moods ignored in OB? Emotions were seen as irrational Managers worked to make emotion-free environments Emotions were believed to be disruptive Emotions interfered with productivity Only negative emotions were observed Definitions of emotions and moods Emotions : intense feeling that are directed at someone or something moods : feeling that tend to be less intense than emotions and that lack a contextual stimulus The six basic emotions Anger Fear

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