Affect display

Firsthand, I know the feeling of helplessness during hardship; from living paycheck to paycheck in a single parent home, witnessing my grandfather become ill, and being physically assaulted by my father as a child. In each experience, I had neither control over the circumstances affecting my life, nor a confidant, which created the feeling of isolation. Although I have always been self-motivated and remained positive to endure hard times, it was not until I enrolled at Spelman College that I…

How truly does technology affect our brains, well the way it affects children is based off of environmental factors, our social interaction with one another, and of course our health, so to sum up; technology affects our memory, our attention, what we focus on and our sleep cycles(Horvath). In a sense technology has been prophesied to lead us to a decline in civilization…

Blue is psychologically at the border of suicide. (podcast tip sound effects taste) Colors affect our psychology. Food establishments use yellow and red because of the powerful effects. Pink shows a strong affects to physical athletes, improving aggression and response time. While it also makes you score lower on tests. The most interesting of the colors though, is the most common. You know the one. The invented one. If you are not familiar. Its from a Radiolab podcast but based on the book…

longest effect it has on your body is your heart rate. Your heart rate can be increased by as much as two times for up to 3 hours after taking the drug (WebMD). Other longer lasting effects include, increase in bleeding, lower blood pressure, and an affect on your blood sugar. Some smaller and more noticeable effects on your body include, dizziness, shallow breathing, red eyes and dilated pupils, dry mouth, and increase in appetite. The most concerning effects marijuana has on the body isn’t…

1 Do you believe you play more of the victim role or creator role in your life? Why or why not? There are times where I have been the victim and there are times where I have been the creator. The times where I taken on more of the victim role is when my anxiety is at a high. When I have been more of the creator role is when I’m not stressed out, and I can really take a look at what is going on, and what I need to do to complete a task. Looking back I have been one to complain to my husband…

Consequently social power was defined as the capacity to influence and control others behaviors’. Galinsky, Gruenfeld, & Magee (2003) noted the perceived social power have affects individuals actions in various ways. They acknowledged that studies have showed that those perceived power experience show more positive effects, become more extraverted, and expresses more heightened awareness towards rewards and strategies of acquiring…

them in both positive and negative ways. Many agents affect the way we behave, think, and act in social settings whether we know it or not. Much like events experienced in life, agents can have a positive and negative impact on our day-to-day living. This discussion paper will cover an event that I have personally experienced that has affected my development in some way. I will also be discussing an agent of socialization that has had an affect on me in one way or another. Much of my adult life…

Even the slightest expressions from human could have a meaning, and those expressions are called micro expressions. The term micro expressions is labeled as a “very brief facial expressions, lasting only a fraction of a second” (Micro Expressions). In other words, micro expressions only exist in a blink of an eye that human couldn’t capture. Furthermore, human ways of interaction are deeply connected to emotions and function through a system of “social signals: facial expressions” (Jack, Caldara…

Effects of Loss Tupac Shakur once said, “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive...” This quote states, that the things one may lose in life can cause great affect on the emotional and mental well-being of a person. How loss affects a character can be seen in both film and in books. The film, Shenandoah, which takes place in 1965 in America during the Civil War, reflects upon the Anderson family who tries their best to avoid the conflict…

The brain has the ability to reprogram itself on the fly, altering the way it functions" (Carr 60). While reading Nicholas Carr 's article "Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains", one may feel they have taken a seat on the most intellectual and fascinating roller coaster. In the 2008 article published in the Atlantic, Carr effectively explains not only what an obsessive amount of surfing the web is progressively doing to our lives but in our lives. He does an…