Abstract This paper will discuss motivation and emotion. More specifically‚ it will inspect motivation‚ motives and other associated hypothetical perceptions. The topic of emotions will also be discussed along with the elements and components related to it as well as some of the theoretical positions. Motivation and Emotions Motivation Motivation involves thinking about why some things are done. Some questions to consider for example include the reason that students attend class‚ the reason
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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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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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Emotions in the workplace play a large role in how an entire organization communicates within itself and to the outside world. “Events at work have real emotional impact on participants. The consequences of emotional states in the workplace‚ both behavioral and attitudinal‚ have substantial significance for individuals‚ groups‚ and society”.[1] “Positive emotions in the workplace help employees obtain favorable outcomes including achievement‚ job enrichment and higher quality social context”.[2] “Negative
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Different people define emotions in different ways. Some make a distinction between emotions and feelings saying that a feeling is the response part of the emotion and that an emotion includes the situation or experience‚ the interpretation‚ the perception‚ and the response or feeling related to the experience of a particular situation. For the purposes of this article‚ I use the terms interchangeably. John D. (Jack) Mayer says‚ “Emotions operate on many levels. They have a physical aspect
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A destitute mother glances to the side as her two children cling to her shoulders. The photograph taken by Dorothea Lange of the Migrant Mother exists as one of the most iconic images from the years of the Great Depression. But it raises the question of what makes the photo remarkably famous. Without planning for it at the time‚ Lange successfully presented to the world the hardships of the Great Depression and the immense impact it created on people and their lives’. Perhaps it holds noticeable
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Emotion When two people in love decide to be together‚ initially it feels like the best thing in the world. Your entire world becomes about that one person they consume your thoughts and you feel like you would do anything in your power to make that person happy. But as time goes on and you two find out more about each others personality’s many things you don’t know about this person begin to come out. They push you to limits no one else can and relationships can really test your emotional strength
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6 Emotion ’We think and name in one world‚ we live and feel in another.’ MARCEL PROUST‚ 1871-1922 ’Conquer your passions and you conquer the world.’ HINDU PROVERB ’The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.’ BLAISE PASCAL‚ 1623-62 ’Philosophy is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe on instinct.’ F. H. BRADLEY‚ 1846-1924 ’Deep thinking is attainable only by a man of deep feeling.’ SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE‚ 1772-1834 ’Axioms in philosophy are not axioms
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Introduction: "Photography takes an instant out of time‚ altering life by holding it still." -Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange was a great photographer of the Great Depression. She focused on the small things in life‚ the little details of her time‚ and today once looked back upon: are great photographs of history. Biographical Sketch: Dorothea was born in New Jersey‚ May 26‚ 1895. As a seven year old‚ she contracted polio and was left with a weakened right side. After her sickness‚ her mother seemed
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Emotion as a Way Of Knowing is highly controversial; with its’ part in the long standing debate on whether logic and reasoning is superior and more reliable as a means of gaining knowledge. Yet‚ emotion is crucial is deriving meaning since “meaning in life is derived emotionally‚ not rationally. When we attach significance to something we attach feelings not conclusions.” Rather than to define “emotions” conventionally‚ for the sake of this essay‚ we can differentiate between instinctive emotions
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