Boundary Turbulence Theory

This paper will examine Robert C. Solomon's Emotions and Choices article, to best identify what anger is, and to what extent a rational human being is responsible for their anger. Firstly, Solomon's argument must be described. A quick summation of Solomon's argument can be found in the following four points: Emotions are judgements, emotions are chosen, emotions serve a purpose, and emotions are rational.1 To quote Solomon, he explains that “Emotions are not occurrences, and do not happen to us. They ... may be chosen like an action.”2

For this research, emotions was the main focus on the bystander effect theory. Shalom H. Schwartz and Avi Gottlieb (1980) found that the reactions of the participants could interfere with the decisions being made during any situation. (Schwartz and Gottlieb, 1968). This research was able to show that emotions do play a role in our decision making in any situations.

practice to be followed – working relationships are professional based…..’. Personal relationships are based on emotions and are

Attempts to define “emotion” have proved to be rather difficult. Instead of searching for a comprehensive definition, Gross (2011) describes the three core features of emotions. First, emotions occur when an individual decides that a situation is relevant to his or her goals. Second, emotions are multi-faceted, and involve both subjective and physiological experiences, as well as behaviors. The third feature involves the authoritative nature of emotions. They have the powerful ability to interrupt ongoing processes, assert their priority over other activities, and force their way into awareness. For example, some traditions describe emotions as “disorganized interruptions of mental activity” (Salovey & Mayer, 1989). Emotions are such an

The concept may sound reliable, however, there isn’t any set of ground rules to carry it out. That is to say as much of this sounds ideal in the article, however, doesn’t translate well to the real world. Frankly, emotions are hard to handle or even interpret because of many factors, especially since it one’s personal response on how they feel at a given time. The article proposes great points of views which provide many examples, especially of prominent people like Plato, Elias, and Durkheim. With these authors credited in, it provides the article with reliability. Furthermore, the article is well researched based on the findings and is logically

In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, there were an array of confusion, anger, anxiety, fear, and hatred. Police officers and firefighters who responded to the events of 9/11 experienced delayed emotional reactions so they can accomplish their tasks. These first responders develop an ability to contain their emotions so they can deal with it later (Sauter & Carafano, 2012). Video images of two hijacked U.S. commercial airliners plowing into the twin towers were continuously replayed for days on local and national news outlets. The United States was put on the highest state of alert and all federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies around the U.S. responded to the crisis. Many innocent lives were taken from the 9/11 incident

Human emotions can be considered a blessing. They enable people to show empathy and kindness to others; to comfort or help someone that needs it. To be human means to have emotions. However, it is important that people have control over their emotions. This is especially true with strong emotions or feelings. This essay will focus on three emotions in particular: anger, love, and hatred. These three feelings commonly cloud people’s judgements, which in turn, causes them to make bad decisions. Overall, making decisions based on emotions leads to negative outcomes.

Sensemaking is referred to as the process that people use to give meaning to experience. In a study by Kligyte, Connelly, Thiel, and Devenport (2013),undergraduates justified five controversial public statements to scorers. The participant's emotions were manipulated through the use of feedback from two doctorate level students. Anger was induced by the confederates informing the participants- they scored poorly due to a "hard grader" (Kligyte, Connelly, Thiel, & Devenport, 2013, p. 304). Fear was induced by informing the participants that the scorers were experiencing difficulty scoring due to a pattern that they found particularly concerning. The participant then completed the Ethical Decision-Making Measure. The results suggest that anger inhibited participants ethical decision-making abilities and sensemaking. On the other hand, fear appeared to facilitate ethical decision-making when compared to anger the neutral emotion condition. The authors suggest that fear cued a broader information search in hope of reducing uncertainty and

Peoples affected by disasters usually go through cycles of emotions such as shock and disbelieve. Some feelings of guilt and thought like “why me” also surface in disaster victims minds. Disaster recovery and rebuilding is overwhelming, causing anxiety emotional reactions to victims. Reactions to disasters are mainly

Base on my marriage of six-years, my previous marriage and witnessing how my close friends interact in their relationships, I can conclude that I agree and relate to most of the author’s description on Social Exchange Theory. Just like explained in the comparison level, we all believe that we have outcomes that we are entitled to in any relationship we have. (Miller, 2015, p. 177) For example, in my friendships, if I put ‘X’ amount of effort in a friendship, I expect my friend to put the at least the equal amount of effort. I would not consider my happy and successful six-year marriage to have had costs. We have invested so much into our relationship though. Maybe I feel this way due to the fact that I know my wife and I are such a great fit

The most essential idea to see about closeness that I read In this section was one determinant if closeness which is self-exposure. Self-exposure comprises of fair, uncovering messages about the self that are deliberately coordinated towards others. Uncovering correspondence contains data that is by and large distracted by means of different sources. 2. The most essential idea to see about double dealing that I read about in this section was lying. Untruths have the possibility to incite a social emergency, particularly if the substance of the data lied about is huge. 3. The measurements of closeness are, enthusiastic, physical, scholarly, and shared exercises. The measurements of separation are, withdrawal, evasion, held, shortening connection,

Some folks become overwhelmed. Their emotions seem to take over and they find themselves reacting. Feelings of hurt, anger, jealousy, unfairness, shame, guilt, and past resentments are now in the driver's seat steering their way.

60). However, Nussbaum believes that the relationship between emotion and judgment is unassailable. To illustrate this, Nussbaum emphasizes that emotions have a directedness and perception toward an object, and she considers that “The way I see the person is itself intrinsic to the nature of my emotion” (p. 60). For instance, anger is not simply an impulse with no intentional description. Instead, it is directed at someone who hurts your feeling. Moreover, Nussbaum mentions that emotions and beliefs about their object are intimately and precisely connected. Although many philosophers argue whether beliefs are sufficient conditions, necessary conditions or both sufficient and necessary condition for the emotions, it is undeniable that emotions cannot be formed without the beliefs, and emotions are responsive to beliefs. Beyond that, Nussbaum admits that emotions do have some non-cognitive components, and in the normative sense, emotions are irrational, “but in no case will emotions be irrational in the sense of being totally cut off from cognition and judgment” (p. 63) Lastly, Nussbaum indicates that in the criminal law, assessing emotions has been the dominant tradition, which treats emotions as elements of a person’s character. In short, the importance of emotions is evident and emotions are not blind

This research aims to establish what strategy is most efficient in restricting the passing of emotions between people. Participants, referred to as “therapists” in this study, listened to “clients” describing a positive or negative situation. Self-reports and facial affect were used as a means of measurement. Participation engagement was also taken into consideration.

Decision making is one of the severe problems that happen to a lot of people. It is even harder when you are not in a good state of mind. An anonymous once said ‘you don’t make major life decisions when you’re reeling from a loss’ because when you are in a state of loss or disappointment your mind is not thinking through. Hence, people intend to make an imprudent decision in unsteadiness state of mind. Every action has its consequences. Thus, it is vital to an individual to think thoroughly before making any decision. The current state of mind might be an important factor in decision making when a person’s mood is correspondence with the task or situation (Guzak, 2014). The journal is to find out the differences in the decision made by an individual in