Human Emotions Essay

to obey and be weary though our emotions learned as young children? Though research individuals have been able to unveil the truth about learning and emotions and how they are connected. As look though the research we will find that we in fact do learn from our emotions though out the course of life. This field of research had been around for many years and we shall start out on what made myself look in to the research a little bit more. Robert Nozicks, Emotions,…

understand, and form judgments by a process of logic” and later stated that “rightly used can settle disputes and guide us to the truth”. Opposing this, I believe that “Reason can when rightly used, lead us to the truth, but is conceptually flawed as we humans are generally emotional thinkers, subject to bias, and strong relativism believers often resulting in the opposite effect.” Throughout this essay I will be making the argument that, while reasoning is a brilliant tool if used properly,…

and honorable,” ironically illustrating the atrocities of war, images of mutilation and suffering, as glorious and honorable. Owen depicts a loveless reality devoid of compassion and empathy as most war imagery suggests. However, even war and the emotions of hatred and fury originate from the capacity to love. From the soldier’s perspective in “Dulce et Decorum Est,” the battlefield is not entirely deprived of compassion. Owen employs a tone of disgust and horrified empathy by describing death…

In Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”, citizens live without individuality, intelligence, and emotions, all of which can be connected to the absence of playable music. In the real world, everyone is affected by music that they listen to or create themselves, but it is truly underestimated. People have the distinguished ability to express their individuality through the varying types of music in the world and how they react to it. Being a musician can challenge someone’s mental and physical…

of the Flies Many of life’s decisions are dictated by emotions. The expansive range of emotions humans feel are an evolutionary tool to help humans make decisions that will help them survive and live a comfortable life. Out of all of the emotions, only one is powerful and compelling enough to cause the “flight or fight” reaction. Because of this, fear is one of the strongest emotions, and is the one responsible for steering primitive humans away from danger. For instance, in the novel Lord of…

Abstract Emotions in childhood fall into two separate categories. These categories are learned and innate emotions. Learned emotions are those that are acquired through personal experience, or from continuous exposure to specific emotions. Innate emotions are emotions that are genetically inherited from the parents. Even though emotions are facilitated through reproduction and through exposure, there are also parental influences that can alter current emotions of a child. This…

Complexity of Emotion: Why Violence in the Media Must Remain Unregulated Media enables humans to express emotions and experiences unique to the species. No other creature thinks, understands, or feels at nearly the same level, and as such, they show what feelings they do have impulsively and without dignity. Writing and filmmaking allows humans to rise above all this, supporting a nonaggressive approach to conveying intense emotion. A writer recreates these emotions in a work by inventing an…

be viewed from the lenses of sociocultural, psychological, and scientific, amongst many perspectives. I chose to look through the scientific lens using the perspectives of a business, a social media user, and a couple. Humans have been involved in relationships since the first human arose from the Great Rift Valley. Relationships have evolved from simple gestures…

The Hearts War With Emotions The heart is the center of our body, the part that pumps blood to our body in constant beats. In the poetic short essay “Joyas Voladoras,” by Brian Doyle, the main topic is about the many hearts in the world. In this short essay, Doyle starts off by talking about one of the smallest birds, the hummingbirds. He talks about her amazing ability to fly really fast and do amazing stunts, but everything came at a cost. Although, there hearts are amazing, they burn out…

In Moderation Love and hate are two of the most, if not the most, powerful emotions. That wonderful, light feeling in one’s heart can make a person lose control over their actions. Yet dark hatred can lead to even worse. Such intense contradiction is made clear in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s use of binaries reveals that humans should find moderation between love and hate. At the start of the play, love is portrayed as being both beautiful and terrible. Romeo, conflicted…