Emotions

According to Paul Ekman, Ph.D., emotions is what unifies all of humankind, also, that all individuals have the same emotions. There is evidence that there are about six or seven types of emotions. But what are the characteristics of emotions? Paul Ekman informs us that one of the first characteristics of an emotion it that it’s unbidden. Unbidden is arising without conscious effort, we don’t choose to have an emotion. For example, we don’t get to say, “alright now I’m going to be happy”. But…

establishing intense emotion. The technical aspect used throughout the film allows Boyle create a vivid response. 127 Hour’s pathos is affected by Boyle’s tendencies to show vast landscapes, while Aron Ralston (James Franco) is stuck between a rock and a hard place. These landscapes contribute to feelings of wanderlust, despair, and hopefulness depending on the action occurring during…

the job to hold all the memories of his community. In my opinion, having one person carry every memory in a community will not make the community happier. This job will also make the person selected unhappy. If people are not able to develop true emotions, then they would not be able to connect with others, and develop close relationships. This system effectively sacrifices one person just to make the community more productive. The single person that holds all the memories would be lonely,…

Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Phillip K. Dick. Dick writes about empathy several times throughout the novel and how both humans and androids express it. In the novel the new Nexus 6 model androids have the ability to vividly express human emotion. Before the nexus 6 model androids, the biggest difference between humans and androids was the ability to care for another living being. Are these new Nexus 6 androids capable of learning and expressing empathy, if so, is it any different than…

At first glance, the protagonist of this film can be mistaken for Riley the girl who has five small personas living in her brain and controlling her emotions. Although she is crucial to the narrative form, Joy’s conflicts and goals are what makes this story move forward. Joy is just one of the five basic emotions living in Riley’s brain, and she seems to have the biggest role when it comes to keeping Riley’s happy childhood memories or “core” memories safe in the hub. Joy’s main goal is to keep…

reason about emotions and emotional information, and of emotions to enhance thought.” (Mayer, 2009) These assessments should allow for an internal view of my interactions, how people interact with me and find what I can improve.…

When writing a poem a poet can twist a subject into whatever perspective they see fit. While Kilee Greethurst wrote her poems based on her experiences she opened up her thoughts and feelings to give the readers a wall of emotion and imagery. In order to portray these feelings of happiness and romance, she used the concept of bliss as her overall theme. All of Greethurst’s poems revolve around the idea of a blissful state of mind, creating a theme of happiness and love. Throughout…

to better understand the moon and sun analogy, imagine this. Two items are placed on a balance labeled, ‘Human Emotion’. Those two weighted items are each labeled ‘Sadness’ and ‘Happiness’. The scale begins to wildly tip back and forth, never coming to a perfectly even rest. As Happiness becomes more influential, it steals away the weight from Sadness and makes itself the dominant emotion. However, soon enough, Sadness takes over, becoming a main focus. This exchange happens on a regular basis,…

Weapons are influence unconsciously almost every one falls victim to them. So you might think to your self how can I possibly defend my self form people using the “weapon of influence” on me. When we talking about the weapon Commitment/consistency to me this weapon is the central motivator for a human behavior. I like to believe that it lies deep within us and is very powerful, it is nearly an obsessive desire to be consistent with what we have already done. The way this weapon of…

RESULTS: 1. BEHAVIORAL DATA CATEGORY A CATEGORY B (6a) (6b) Fig.6a: SAM Scale for positive valence low arousal Fig.6b: SAM Scale for positive valence high arousal The valence, arousal and dominance was plotted using SAM SCALE. For low arousal (Fig.6a), the valence ratings are: mean=7.24 and S.D=…