Chapter 13 of Handbook of Emotions‚ Facial Expressions of Emotion‚ Matsumoto et al (2008) thoroughly explain Darwin’s 135 year old conclusion that the muscle actions involved in emotions are universal to both nonhuman primates and other mammals (Matsumoto et al‚ 2008‚ p. 212). Matsumoto et al (2008) provided research from current day to show how this theory is still relevant and it both intrigued and surprised me. This chapter in particular was very crucial in the application of my future clinical
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that they can ever have access to knowledge.In the case of truth‚ what do I mean by it? This comes with different points of view. There are also different kinds of truths such as religious truths and scientific truths. Certain truths make more use of the senses than others‚ for example‚ in the case of religion‚ one does not necessarily have to see something in order to belief it‚ it’s grounded on faith than anything else. In scientific truths‚ however‚ the reliability of the senses is tremendous‚ without
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with acceptance. Paradox of Cartography: something is never false only because it is used as a trusted source. Relativism: points of view‚ ideas‚ and facts have no absolute truth or validity. Skepticism: the questioning of knowledge; questioning anything that could be true. Ways of Knowing: language‚ reason‚ emotion‚ and perception. Authority Worship: a person with authority is someone like your parents‚ teachers‚ and adults. And authority worship is the action of believing these people only
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attributes affect Ways of Knowing‚ and why‚ if at all‚ does answering this question matter in the first place? It is known that there are four means through which human beings acquire knowledge of their surroundings; the ways of reason‚ emotion‚ sense perception and language. However‚ are these entirely reliable? Different individuals possess different opinions of concepts and ideas‚ and this has not only been the reason of many conflicts and wars but has aided in‚ for instance‚ the diversity
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Exploring Emotions http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/get-some-headspace/201304/exploring-emotions By: Andy Puddicombe Tom‚ the resident head of science at Headspace HQ‚ has been researching meditation and emotional wellbeing. He says‚ “It’s really exciting to see the growing wealth of research looking at the effects of meditation—its power to increase our emotional awareness and how it affects our emotional health on a daily basis.” There’s a practical technique for investigating and increasing
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My Essay on Emotions. The human mind has always interested me. The word “mind-boggling” might actually be the word i am looking for... I found myself curious to where thoughts and emotions come from .Questions such as : “what exactly are emotions? Why do i find it hard to control my emotions? Are there true and fake feelings?”popped into my head. Such doubts always made me rethink and accept how fascinating the mind is... What actually got me started on this topic of “emotions” is questioning the
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Emotions‚ Stress‚ and Personality Summary Paper Our emotions are a combination of physiological activation‚ expressive behaviors‚ and conscious experiences. There are three theories associated with emotions. These include: James-Lange‚ Cannon-Bard‚ and the Two-Factory Theory. James-Lange’s Theory states that the reason an emotion is triggered is because of a physiological response to an emotion-arousing stimuli. The Cannon-Bard theory states that an “emotion-stimulating stimulus and our body’s
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Why did we choose this topic? We think that knowing the past is an important thing – to understand what is happening and to prevent the “same” mistakes from the past. However‚ there is a slight problem in our knowledge of past. And that’s why we asked this question: ….. Real-life situation You might be thinking…why did they choose this topic? Isn’t it obvious that what we know really happened? Are they trying to show us some stupid conspiracy theories or what? So here comes the real life situation
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31 Functions of emotions : * Preparing us for action. Emotions act as a link between events in our environment and our responses. * Shaping our future behavior. Emotions promote learning that will help us make appropriate responses in the future. * Helping us interact more efficiently with others. We ooften communicate the emotion we experience through our verbal and nonverbal behaviors‚ making our emotions obvious to observers. Determining the Range of Emotions: Labeling Our Feelings
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TOK Reflection: Mathematics To what extent is math relevant to your life and the lives of others you know and how can it become an even more viable area of knowledge. “In mathematics I can report no deficience‚ except it be that men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of the Pure Mathematics.” Roger Bacon (1214-1294) Mathematics: the abstract science of number‚ quantity‚ and space; a subject considered by many to be useless‚ a waste of time‚ and too difficult. “When am
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