the “purging of the emotions” of pity and fear that often times is the cause and effect result of a series of tribulations and tragedy. It is a very strong literary device that is manly used to inspire deep emotion in the prospector‚ but can also be seen‚ heard‚ and felt‚ depending on its chosen medium. My take on catharsis is quite similar too many others‚ but can be arguable compared to Aristotle’s intended meaning. To me‚ catharsis is still the deep concentration of emotion‚ but what’s different
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Emotions are an essential form of communication in early childhood. Children quickly learn a wide range of emotions and when to express certain emotions to communicate with their caregivers and also learn how to discriminate between different emotions. A study done by Paul Ekman et al.‚ showed that infants are able to make almost all the same muscle movements used by adults to express emotions (7). There are some emotions referred to as basic emotions. Basic emotions are characterized by typical
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anger and sadness‚ to love‚ joy‚ and contentment‚ emotions vividly affect our daily lives. So‚ unequivocally it could be asked‚ "Why do emotions exist?" It is possible that the sole‚ underlying principle of emotions is to create a reaction in people and things in our environment; or perhaps they exist to be our governing channel of communication; or maybe they precisely exist to regulate individual self-confidence and disparage. The theory that emotions have a sole principle to generate reactions amongst
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Can there be creativity without emotion? Creativity is the ability to create new thoughts and ideas. It is a foundation to innovation‚ and it is all around us. Everything made by humans was once thought of‚ and then created. However‚ the greatest presence of creativity can be found in arts. As we all know‚ people express their emotions through art. They want to convey their thoughts and how they feel through their pieces whether it is in form of music‚ poetry‚ film‚ painting or even an advertisement
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Music and Emotion 2 Music and Emotion Music has been a part of human life since the beginning of time and can be defined as many different things; instruments being played‚ pots banging together‚ or even birds chirping in the wild. Today‚ music is usually thought of as either entertainment or a form of expression. For all the reasons above‚ it would be logical to say that music must play a large part on the human brain and emotion’s because of its ability to last thru time. Music in some form
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1. Positive‚ pleasant feeling 2. Over whelming emotion 3. Positive stress B. When do we feel it? 1. Love 2. Goals 3. Random 4. Something New III. Conclusion Excitement is a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness; it’s something that arouses such a feeling. It’s a positive‚ pleasant feeling‚ an overwhelming emotion and a positive stress. We feel it when we’re in love‚ while achieving goals
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Alana Burns 1. What is motivation? There are three main types of theories on motivation (biological‚ psychosocial‚ and biopsychosocial theories). Describe each of these theories. Motivation consists of a set of factors that activate‚ direct‚ and maintain behavior and also influence goal-oriented behavior. It also accounts for the variability in people’s behaviors and performance. The first main type of motivation is biological motivation. The first‚ biological motivation is composed of three
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References: Arnold‚ Magda. 1960. Emotion and Personality. New York: Columbia University Press. Averill‚ James. 1982. Anger and Aggression: An Essay on Emotion. New York: Springer- Verlag. Broad‚ C. D. 1971. "Emotion and Sentiment." In Critical Essays in Moral Theory. London: Allen & Unwin. Broad‚ C. D. 1971[1954]. “Emotion and Sentiment.” In Critical Essays in Moral Theory. London: Allen & Unwin. Damasio‚ Antonio. 1994. Descartes ’ Error: Emotion‚ Reason‚ and the Human Brain. New York: G
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Emotion is an internal decision. It is one’s mind‚ sometimes consciously and sometimes subconsciously‚ balancing‚ integrating and juggling various different‚ and often conflicting‚ facts‚ experiences and concepts. It is a subjective‚ psychological experience‚ correlated with a group of physiological reactions arising in response to some situation. It is often held that one can have no emotional self-control‚ that an emotion cannot be consciously willed to occur at any particular time‚ that emotions
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Application of emotions on consumer behavior Consumer: An individual who buys products or services for personal use and not for manufacture or resale. A consumer is someone who can make the decision whether or not to purchase an item at the store‚ and someone who can be influenced by marketing and advertisements. Consumer Behavior: The psychology of how consumers think‚ feel‚ reason‚ and select between different alternatives (e.g.‚ brands‚ products‚ and retailers). Consumer behavior is the study
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