Since emotions have a role to play in overall mental health and wellness, and the key to well-being is a healthy balance between emotional awareness, emotional acceptance, and emotional expression so let’s begin our story of emotion by asking: Where does it all start? Emotions are responses to stimuli or situations that affect a person strongly. Emotional responses occur on three levels. The first- and most basic level involves neurophysiological and biochemical reactions to stimuli, including all…

judged and critiqued in order to recognize if the poem being read is something that has been well written or something just thrown together without much thought. The main argument that will be used in favor of a well written poem will be the emotional response the reader gets. This is a totally acceptable reason for liking a poem and one that I find important, but it is a reasoning that is hard to quantify or even explain except for the person who has experienced it. Even if this is their only way…

I studied the hypothesis that music is the product of our evolution and that most mammals and cultures have used music to continue to evolve and reform. Most scientific articles agree that music has evolved throughout thousands of years. Even the first Homo sapiens used music as a mode of communication. But in a biological standpoint, music can be used as a way to express mate selection, as a way of motivation and pleasure, development and learning, and social communication. The big question…

guests and serve a feast full of Roman delicacies. Since then food has become an emotional aspect of our lives. Certain foods, such as cakes and cookies, might create a pleasurable experience for an individual, while other foods, such as vegetables and seafood, might create an unpleasant experience for them. In addition, people might tend to eat a certain type of food or certain amount of food depending on the emotional state that they are in. It is also becoming more apparent in society that people…

According to PhycologyToday.com fear is an emotional response induced by a perceived threat, which causes a change in brain and organ function, as well as in behavior. Fear can lead us to become narcissistic, to run away from various issues, or to freeze up and become victim under circumstance, or it may come in the form of a discovery. When I was younger my fear came in form of darkness, not knowing what was in the space. Over the course of time that form of fear of course changed. You will always…

oriented ads more than any other type of advertisement out there. From cars, to toys, to baby products, and more, many consumer items are something that parents will need to buy. With parents being one of the largest possible groups of consumers in our world today, its no wonder these companies are targeting them. I looked at and analyzed 4 different commercials from 3 different companies; Lego, Huggies, And Coca Cola. All of them were specifically tailored to parents. I found there to be an incredible…

aspects of music while performing, the physical and abstract. While the technical requirements of such an endeavor can be aided through direct musical instruction, in earlier stages of musical growth the emotional demands require guidance by a teacher and self-exploration from the participant. Once success in this area becomes apparent, musical benefits emerge and the journey the individual undertook also helps shape their emotional intelligence. By answering the question of how music education affects…

many people, music is a significant part to their daily lives and its role varies depending on the individual. I personally use music as a form of escape from reality and a tool to help me focus in certain situations. Other use music as an entertainer, an energizer, a coping mechanism or even as a stimulant. Due to this, music is able to play a developmental role in creating one’s identity. In 2007, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Adrian Furnham, studied how 21st century listeners use music in their daily…

the communication that is experienced when listening to instrumental music. This will cover the intrapersonal and intercultural connection that the music communicates. The paper will discuss both of these points by focusing on 4 different cultures and show the differences in the music styles by showing what emotions the music is communicating by way of instrument, voice, tone and tempo. While many cultures use all forms of music to communicate their beliefs and emotion I could only pick a few to…

An emotional response created by the separation between teachers and parents is the fear that the teacher will replace parents in their children’s affections. There are several conflicting emotions that the parent may have that contribute to this fear. One major conflicting emotion is competition. This includes competition in all areas. However, the main competition is for the child’s affection. The competition is intensified due to the child being attached to both the parent and the provider…