Essays on Anger

Annotated Bibliography

This article focuses on the Schachter’s theory of cognition-arousal of emotion by analyzing it from both an empirical and conceptual perspective. The author of this article, Rainer Reisenzein, concludes by claiming that, the only one of the numerous deductions that can be considered as misattributed arousals from the extraneous sources are responsible for intensifying emotions, and are adequately supported by the available research data. I found this article as a major resource material because it gives the research on emotions a scientific approach through the use of the Schachter theory.
Richard L. Solomon & John D. Corbit, “An Opponent-Process Continue reading...

- Prostitutes/Exotic Dancers: initially I was conflicted on these professions because an exotic dancer is a typically accepted form of job for a woman in our culture while prostitution is looked down on. However, in both jobs the woman is using her body and sexuality in order to gain a profit. The only difference (sometimes) is that one involves sexual activity whereas the other does not. This is a fine line between the jobs and yet society somehow thinks it is okay to harass prostitutes while exotic dancers are normally protected by bouncers and security guards. I do not think Continue reading...

The heart is a major body organ that pumps blood at a very high pressure to all parts of the body. The connection between the heart and the brain is vital because it brings about both personal and social coherence. The target audience is career men and women who are faced with day-to-day activities that may lead to stress. Lack of synchronisation in body systems is caused majorly by stress that leads to expression of negative emotions such as anger and anxiety. This greatly affects the performance of an individual.
Fatigue by definition is physical exhaustion because of hard Continue reading...

Conflict resolution is defined as the approach and procedures used to reach a peaceful ending of a disharmony or any retaliation of two people who are in conflict. Conflict resolution is very essential in the workplace as it keeps people in place and enhances productivity in what they are doing. According to Thomas and Kilmann here are different methods that can be used to resolve a conflict; some of them include competitive, collaborative, accommodating, compromising and avoiding. Different people prefer different methods of conflict resolution (67).
In our context here, there have been several reported cases of persons either Continue reading...

Abstract

“Forgiveness Is a Choice” by Robert D. Enright is a self-help book filled with wisdom and warm encouragement, demonstrating how taking the path of forgiveness can benefit a person in his/her life. The book’s author, Robert D Enright tries to carefully tries to make a distinction “forgiveness” from “pseudoforgiveness", highlighting the fact that forgiveness does not mean tolerating continued abuse or even reconciling with the person who has given them pain. Rather, by giving their offenders the gift of forgiveness, love and compassion, readers are encouraged to confront the persons who have hurt them and let go of Continue reading...

Something that I and many others enjoy doing in our spare time that we do not get paid for is playing games on our mobile phones. With mobile phones being able to connect to the internet, there are too many games to pick between. Sometimes I do not have enough free time to play them as often as I would like. That is why I wish I could get paid to play games on my mobile phone. Many would argue, but there are a few good reasons why I should get paid to do this. Playing games on my Continue reading...

Step 1: My communication skills and goals

Anger management- It is a proven fact that being angry can lead to problems and committing mistakes that were not anticipated for (Green 2006). Knowing how to manage my anger will go a long way in helping me deal with bad situations.
Conflict resolution- this skill will enable me handle difficult situations and conflicts well. This will enable me know how best to address conflicts without offending other people
Assertive communication- This skill is very necessary for me because it will help me get all things right and deliver the right information correctly while maintaining an effective manner of Continue reading...

The Kingdom of Matthias lists groups of people upon whom Matthias promised to cast down judgment. Why did these groups garner his wrath?
In the text, Matthias develops a judgmental persona. He lists the kind of people that he would cast judgment. The list includes those that say that Jews crucified Jesus, those who say the first day of the week is Sabbath, those who say that immersion with clothes on is baptism, those who say sprinkling is baptism. Further, those who drink wine in bowls, those who eat Passover in the lower room, women who do not keep Continue reading...

Anger is Heat

This is something that makes us angry or something that makes our blood boil. If there is something that makes a person angry, it burns him up and angry feeling, which slowly develops into something more powerful, can be described as a slow burn. A person who is angry is described as breathing fire, ablaze, hot under the collar, or frazzled. An angry person can also be described as boiling, heated, steaming ears, steaming mad, or steamed-up.

My hypothesis over this conceptual metaphor is confirmed based on my observations on people’s characteristics, as well.

Life is a Game
Relating life to the game is something that tells us that our lives go through different obstacles just Continue reading...

Inert Name:

Introduction
In the book of Romans, Paul looks at the theme that humans are lost without the gospel. The gospel in this case refers to the teaching contained in the first four books of the bibles new testament. These books are; Mathew, Mark, Luke and John. All these books have the same theme and shade light the life of Jesus Christ and his teachings on various topics. How Jesus was sent by the father to save the world from sin by paying the ultimate price of death. Though he was blameless and did not deserve to die like he Continue reading...

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex essentially bulges, pregnant with the themes of hubris and hamartia that the Greek playwright so frequently used. It is the play’s protagonist, King Oedipus, who is the unfortunate soul born unto a terrible prophecy that foretold that he would one day kill his very own father and marry his mother. In order to prevent such a horrendous nightmare from occurring, Oedipus’ father sent baby Oedipus to be murdered but he was instead given to the childless king and queen of Corinth to be raised as their own. Oedipus in later years hears rumors of the Continue reading...

The play Twelve Angry Men is a prime example of communication in a group. Each of the characters of this twelve member jury represents a specific functional role within the group. These are twelve strangers, brought together for a week long murder trial. The entire play takes place in the deliberation room on a hot afternoon. Tempers are short as is patience for many of the jurors. This creates an agitation in the communication of the group as they deliberate the fate of the defendant.

Foreman, acts as the “procedure developer” and “evaluator” of the jury according to our text.

He is fair and takes the responsibility of deciding guilt seriously. He handles the Continue reading...

Literature possesses a vast territory for expressing meaningful human feelings, abstract emotions, or themes. Desperation and comfort is a common theme in literature, encompassed in short stories, poems and dramas and reflected differently through the mechanisms of each literary genres, the style of each literary piece or the personality of the authors.
Various literary genres like short stories, poems or dramas, possess their unique mechanisms for reflecting the theme of desperation and comfort. Looking at Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”, the poet uses techniques specific to poetry space for transmitting his desperate adversity to Continue reading...

EXT. STORE PARKING LOT - LATE AFTERNOONA YOUNG WOMAN, early 20's, stands in the parking lot of a shabby-looking grocery store. She has a haggard expression and wears a work apron below a puffy down jacket. She is just about to light up a cigarette when she freezes. Peering ahead, she sees a BLACK LIMOUSINE coming toward her. She recognizes the limousine and has a brief debate on whether to go back into the store or stay standing. Her hands are trembling with rage, and she stands in anticipation of what she predicts will be an explosive confrontation, for Continue reading...

Background and Relevant History

This paper discusses the personality disorder of Charlie Sheen. Online newspapers will be used to provide information on his background. On the other hand, scholarly literatures will be used to provide a substantiation for his personality disorder.
Popularly known by his stage name, Charlie Sheen, Carlos Irwin Estevez, is a renowned American actor. Carlos has appeared in different award-winning films. As a public figure, Carlos has always attracted attention. His image, when viewed through the lenses of the public's eyes, has been dramatically good and bad to some extent owing to his drug and alcohol abuse. Carlos’s home Continue reading...

The book “The Grapes of Wrath” written by John Steinbeck and originally published in the year 1939 is one of the unique literary works in the genre of history. The book dates back to the period of Great Depression in America, which started in the year 1929 due to the crash of the stock market and lasted until the beginning of the Second World War . The period saw drought and high winds affecting several parts of the country, especially the Midwest region of America, including the Oklahoma state. Several residents of the state of Oklahoma moved to other places Continue reading...

Elements or events in a story that represents larger themes function as symbols. Symbols function as images that can stimulate the imagination of the reader in associating the image with numerous elements from lived political, social and personal reality. Study of symbols at once brings out larger significance and more immediacy to the story. Looking from this point of view, everything in Ralph Ellison’s story Royal Battle, which later became the first chapter of the novel Invisible Man, is symbolic. The story evokes some deep feelings of pity and sympathy for the protagonist. But pity and sympathy are Continue reading...

The dramatic element I want to focus on is mood during Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act III Scene I. Hamlet starts off his soliloquy questioning whether he should commit suicide and end his pain, “To be, or not to be: that is the question (III.i.58).” This question brings toward the mood of uncertainty and gloom—uncertainty because of the after death and being afraid of something “after death (III.I.80)” and the gloom in dealing with what “ills we have (III.I.83).” The diction, relentless monosyllables, and the repetition of the “to be” brings anguish to mind and draws that gloomy Continue reading...

In A Room of One’s Own, which is based on lectures she gave at two women’s colleges at the University of Cambridge in England, Virginia Woolf (1928) is trying to answer an unframed question about women and fiction. She says that “a woman must have money and she must have a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”(4). I argue that Woolf is right, but that a woman needs money to stop being just a reflection of a man.
Woolf asks why men write about women. She says that men are attracted to Continue reading...

Biography:

Dylan Thomas:
- was a Welsh poet and writer
- he left school at 16, becoming a journalist for a short time.
- Thomas met Caitlin Macnamara, whom he married in 1937. Alcoholism lead to the destruction of this marriage.
- Although Thomas was appreciated as a popular poet in his lifetime, he found earning a living as a writer difficult, so he started reading tours and broadcasts for BBC.
- In the 1950s, he travelled to America, where his readings made him more famous than he was, but his drinking problem got worse.
- In 1953, he became Continue reading...

Introduction

There is no denying that Aristotle holds the distinction of being one the greatest philosophers during the ancient Greek world, but his ideals transcends into popularity even to today’s modern age. The tenets of virtue are among the prominent subjects of Aristotle’s philosophical views. However, it is apparent that the philosopher has a rather different treatment of virtues as perceived from his arguments reiterating ethical values as personal dispositions. The focus of this discussion is to argue on the subject of whether or not Aristotle’s treatment of the virtues is in fact satisfactory. Examining the philosopher’ Continue reading...

A Response to Seneca’s Position on Emotions and Human Attachment

Seneca was a stoic who believed that emotions were irrational and needed to be ruled through the will. While many said that emotions could be moderated through reason and reflection Seneca did not agree. One example given was someone who sees a parent murdered. Seneca says that it might be argued that the person shouldn’t act out of rage or revenge but after could refection express rational anger, or moderate levels of anger. However, he went on to say the idea of moderate anger or a moderate level of any emotion was impossible likening it to being moderately Continue reading...

Shakespeare’s "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" presents the themes of love and madness to the audience. Literary critic, Alexander W. Crawford introduces the controversial “the usual interpretations of Hamlet make it a very curious and mysterious but not a great play, and the Prince a very interesting psychological phenomenon but not a great character.” (Crawford, par. 1). However, one may say that Hamlet is not free to fashion himself, however, he is the voice of Denmark. This voice speaks of the horrors of his life and the trauma of his mother’s marriage to his uncle. Continue reading...

- Depicts Catwoman at her apartment, having yoghurt or something from a packet and listening to messages from her answering machine
- The house and just about everything in here is faded pink in colour (pink is a feminine colour). Appears both exhausted and frustrated
- Answering machine gives advert about one of Shreck’s perfume that would make your boss want you to work late
- She flies into a rage, and ransacks her apartment, smashes just about everything including teddies. Street cats are coming through the walls. She has blood on her face
- Good lighting appears Continue reading...

Apparently, the interactions that took place between God and the people of Israel under the guidance of Moses depict the various attributes of God. Additionally, some meticulous scenes from the book of exodus intensify the attributes of God that are not manifested in other chapters or rather books of the Bible. This paper will focus on the major scenes from the book of Exodus that depict the interactions between God and the people of Israel as a way of establishing the major attributes of God.
God is gracious. Gracious in its simplest meaning is to bestow or show kindness Continue reading...

Eckhart Tolle, in Chapter 6 asserts that people should live their lives and create happiness at their present moment, without considering their material possessions. In this chapter, Tolle cautions the consciousness of the readers. Tolle explains that once an individual ceases to identify his or her pain, the pain is transmuted, meaning that the individual no longer experiences the pain (Tolle 178). Emotional pain is more dangerous than the natural pain, and thus individuals should learn to avoid the situations that trigger emotions in themselves. When the human body is exposed to excess pain, it reaches a point where Continue reading...

Communication Journal – 6600

The last class was very interesting because it allowed me to learn new communication skills that helped improve my confidence level. In fact, I was an angry person, who did not know how to control my temper, approach, or tone when disagreeing with others on specific topics.
Yesterday I discovered different skills and effective approaches on how to control myself. For example, I should take a deep breath before speaking to address a disagreement with someone. Also before I start talking, I should slowly count from one to seven. This allows me to slow down mentally so that I Continue reading...

Abstract

This paper is will discuss the case of Adam Strong. The first section of this paper will explain the offender category that concurs with the scenario client and discern the treatment considerations inherent in this category. The second section of this paper will describe the multicultural factors evident in the scenario and explain how these factors affect treatment and treatment approach. The third section of this paper will describe the treatment approach and/or programs you would use with the offender and explain why. The next section of this paper will describe the ethical and legal issues that might be Continue reading...

Introduction

In The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships, Harriet Lerner aims to raise awareness about the tendencies of women to suppress their anger. While it is important for people to learn to deal with or control their angry, this is entirely different from suppressing. Lerner argued that suppressing anger, which is a common behavior among women, is a way of denying it. Consequently, when women suppress or deny their anger, the problem never gets resolved and only becomes a source of resentment and stress. Through the book, Lerner aims to help Continue reading...

Question 1: Research Questions and purpose

This research was purposely designed to investigate the effects associated with racial stressors on the cardio-vascular responses among both the African Americans and the Caucasian men. It was also tailored to capture the role played by hostility in exacerbating cardio-vascular responses. It was set to test the previous studies that had asserted that anger-provoking and racist stimuli elicited greater increases n the blood pressure than neutral stimuli in both the African Americans as well as their Caucasian counterparts.

Some of the research questions this study was responding to include:

- What is the role of hostility in exacerbating cardiovascular responses?
- Do race stressors increase cardiovascular responses than other anger Continue reading...

Introduction

Thomas J. Harbin, a psychologist, wrote a book about anger – Beyond Anger: A Guide for Men. Harbin’s book was grounded on the idea that men express their anger differently than women, and often their expression are more aggressive and violent. Using research studies, Harbin proves that anger in men is a problem because sometimes, anger manifests in maladaptive behaviors that can lead to impulsive crimes such as assault, battery, or murder. Through the book, Harbin aims to educate men about their anger and help them acknowledge the nature of their anger and its impact on their personal and Continue reading...

Cultural analysis in anthropology is used to collect data on cultural phenomena as help in the interpretation of this cultural representation and practices. The aim of cultural analysis is to help in gaining the new knowledge and understanding through the analysis of the collected data and collected processes. Cultural analysis helps in the understanding and mapping trends, influences, affects and effects within cultural. There are four themes for sociological, educational analysis on how culture is used to survive, as an adaptation and change. Expressions and holism, as well as, specify.
Cultural anthropology has been apprehended with divergent rationalities with Continue reading...

Road rage is a situation in which there is a form of violence on the roads. As the words suggest, it is clear to understand the meaning of the two words. Independently, they bring up no meaning close to the one that they have when combined. In a nutshell, one cannot term as a road rage, any rage incident that happens away from the roads.
As it happens on the roads, the incidents in most cases involve drivers. It is, for example an offense to drive above the speed limit in many countries such as America and Saudi Arabia. Continue reading...

Introduction

Anger is an emotion that enrages a mind, increases the blood pressure and makes heart beat faster sending adrenaline rush into the system. Anger mainly has three components; physical reactions, the cognitive experience of anger and behavior (PBS Online, 2011). The physical reactions of anger show in increased blood pressure and heart rate, muscle tightening and 'fight or flight' response. The cognitive experience of anger makes one feel angry because of a situation making him feel wronged and threatened. Behavior is the expression of anger that includes a wide range of behavioral reactions from slamming doors to raising voice Continue reading...

Although most my business associates had punched out, One of my colleague had to stay behind. The reason was to help in serving the customers since the station had already started flocking extra customers. I was an attendant at a Valero gas station, and I was not well versant how things went on their stores. In addition, I was slow with my services, which forced customers to wait for long due to my poor sales techniques. Most of the customers were restaurant owners, and many were unhappy with the way I conducted my services and used to be impatient Continue reading...

Forgiveness is a quality that earns wide admiration and helps in making friends. It may sound easy but Forgiving is not an easy task. Today Forgiveness is vanished from human behavior and people are becoming more revengeful. This paper intends to discuss forgiveness and how people learn to forgive themselves along with discussing several other related aspects of the forgiveness.
According to Lama Yeshe the foundation of forgiveness starts from within. He says “Be gentle first with yourself if you wish to be gentle with others” (Davidson). Individuals make mistakes in their life and hurt others, by the time Continue reading...

Chapter 6 of “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell investigate the origins of certain behaviour of specific parts of society, especially in particular locations. In the chapter, a historical picture is given of the county of Harlan in Kentucky, where in the late nineteenth century a feud between two families in the county resulted in the deaths of a number of people from both sides. It is shown that these feuds was not particular to this county alone, but were a common characteristic in the area. This violent behaviour by members of this community is explained by their origins; their ancestors Continue reading...

Introduction

‘The yellow wallpaper’ is a famous short story written by American writer charlotte Perkins Gilman. The story is considered as a landmark in American feminist literature and the same was published in a magazine in the year, 1892. Writing such feminist story was a brave step and this was very innovative for any contemporary writer. This paper intends to discuss ‘The yellow wallpaper’ with a special perspective to examine feminism along with discussing several other related aspects of the story.

Discussion

The yellow wallpaper is the story of a woman who is also the narrator of this story. This woman Continue reading...

Relationships are at the core of human experience. It is natural for humans to relate to other people in order to fulfil that need to belong. The feeling of belongingness is best described by Maslow in his hierarchy of needs, where he stated that the need for social relationship should be satisfied after physiological and security needs are seen to respectively. It is important for a person to relate to another in order to be well. However, relationships are not always smooth sailing and successful and conflicts are mostly the root of the problem. Despite the major role of Continue reading...

ARTICLE REVIEW AND SUMMARY

Article Review And Summary
The research paper entitled What Students Think When Teachers Get Upset: Fundamental Attribution Error and Student-Generated Reasons for Teacher Anger, was written by Mary B. McPherson and Stacy L. Young. This paper discusses what students thought or felt when their teachers would get angry. The researchers discussed two different types of anger, one was passive-aggressive and the other was assertive. The paper also identifies different reasons for the anger. There were reasons including student misbehavior or lack of participation, and there were other more internal reasons that involved the personal life or feelings of the Continue reading...