FREE ESSAY ON EMOTIONS

EMOTIONS

Chad Geary
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EMOTIONS
Well in the past it was first thought by a man named Tomkins that emotion actually
interfered with basic human drives, like lust and fear. It is known that humans by nature
become stimulated by certain variables like a loud noise or possibly the sight of a
spider. The question to scientists is whether or not emotion and mood is formed through
mind processes or biologically innate traits. 
Scientists are searching the brain for a particular area that stimulates emotion in
humans. They have changed their idea that it might be the hippocampus and now feel that
part of it may come from the amygdala. Supposedly when something known by our senses
comes in interaction with us, an impulse is sent to this amygdala and it sends another
impulse to our cortex. We either form a positive or negative response to what we see,
hear, taste, or touch. It seems more logical for a particular region of our brain to
create this feedback, than for some biological cause. I guess that means that we are born
with these conceptions if you are thinking from a biological standpoint. It makes sense
that a person can be trained from watching a particular response from another human
being. If they don't see that something is supposed to be scary than they won't fret when
they come in contact with this catalyst. The mind basically tells the body how to react
to a specific stimulus by processing it through the brain.
We experience certain emotions from engaging in positive and negative actions throughout
life so when stimulated again we know how to react. While for something like lust, it is
something that is in fact biological in nature, because as humans we are born with these
hormones that effect us. There is so much to learn about emotions; it is hard to
determine where all of them come from. It seems like some are innate to humans while some
are learned through life. And is important that people and animals have certain emotions
for such things as survival and reproduction. It is important that we are in touch with
these emotions so we can evolve.