Self Evaluation

1) What score do you think you deserve?

2 points - The first draft is thoughtful and a good start to an effective persuasive essay. It demonstrates an understanding of the classical argument.

 

2) What did you do well?

First, I think using diagram to explain my opinion was what I did well. Although it was not research based on specific source but my thought about the topic, I could find some similarities between Sigmund Freud’s theory and it. Thus, I could link them and easily understand my thought more accurately.

 

 

3) What could you have done better?

I could have done research part better. Actually, at first period of this lesson, I didn’t know how I research exactly and find data. Thus, I had to get 0 grade at the mock grading... T^T But, after this, I knew what I have to research. I regret I didn’t do earlier.

 

 

4) Which part of the classical argument did you use the best?

I think I did narration the best for the classical argument. Thanks to the information of Sigmund Freud’s theory and other expects article, I could do well.

 

 

5) Which part of the classical argument did you use the most poorly?

I think I did refutation part the most poorly. Because I didn’t use much source to refute the opposite side’s opinion, I had to use just logic.

 

 

6) What's your strategy to make your second draft better?

I will research more abundantly and write refutation more logically with using more sources. Thanx!

My First Draft

  The human behavior radically comes from emotions rather than reason.

 Why and how do you read, watch, hear, eat, and walk in daily life? It will be very fundamental question toward your daily life, but you always take it for granted and do not care about the question. There have been many people who tried to explain the root of human behavior such as philosophers and behaviorist. Some of them prefer mentioning human reason, emotions or will to interpret the starting point or the basis of human behavior. However, because there is no accurate method to shed light on the profound process of human behavior, a debate on this topic is still underway and will not end until the complete research on body. Despite this vagueness, it seems like truth that the human behavior radically comes from emotions rather than others like reason.

 Sigmund Freud is the most well-known psychoanalyst who adds philosophic concept to psychoanalysis. He denied any religious explanation about human consciousness and behavior but accepted and created more logical and reasonable theory to explain them. He separated human mind into three parts : Ego, Superego and Id. This is what we call ‘psychodynamic theory.’ According to his theory, desire that comes from the id that includes biological instinct, emotions and basic conflict in his early life lets one behave in a particular way. Also, ego and superego lead one to behave in realistic and moral way. These id, ego and superego’s roles are similar concept to human reason and emotions. Emotions as starting point of behavior and reason as limiting process of consciousness can be explained through id and, superego and ego in his theory.

  Some people deny the necessity of emotions, looking only negative aspects of emotions such as urge, carnal desire or bad feelings. Some of them regard reason and reflection as the best part of human. They are overlooking the ‘variety of life’ which comes from emotions. Because of sorrow, there is happiness and because of the feeling of inadequacy, there is satisfaction. Byungsu Kim, a Korean psychologic professor in Seoul Asan hospital, even emphasized the necessity of emotions and said that people need to follow the decision from emotions. Regarding emotions as uncivilized things is invalid misunderstanding. Recognizing the importance of emotions and reason and understanding the specific process of them which have effects on human behavior is necessary to everyone. Thus, I would like to explain the process, resolving a misunderstanding that reason is more fundamental process for one’s behavior.

  There are some difficulties to shed light on the truth of complicated human behavior with specific evidences. Thus, discussing this topic should depend on logic and real examples. I will introduce appropriate logic and examples to support this idea.

  The first reason emotions are the first response which induce one to behave in particular way toward your body state or surroundings. This is also supported by Freud’s <Psychodynamic Theory> mentioned above. His theory which mentions the id, ego, and superego can be interpreted as concept of emotions and reason. Also, according to his theory, the process of human behavior is clearly explained through the concept of them. I skip specific explanation of the theory because I have already mentioned above.

  Also, think of your daily life. From getting up and eating to sleeping, most behaviors start very momentarily by the feeling of your body without reflection. It is because, emotions operate directly and primarily to influence on human before the operation of reason. Imagine your morning. Before getting up, sense of fullness that you slept enough or fear that you might get scolded later if you don't get up now come to you and make your eyes open. When you are working, if your boss set you a hard task, the excitement that you will be able to take a break after completing it or the fear that you might be scolded from the fierce boss make you do the work happily or reluctantly. In this way, the starting point of human behavior can be explained with emotions. In this part, the emotion is former emotion.

  In the next, human can control his or her behavior by reason(reflection) which comes after the start of the behavior. A Korean famous psychologist, Buyngsu Kim says that reason plays a role to control or limit one’s behavior through the reflection about reality, emphasizing that the most reliable origin of human behavior is emotions. Also, as mentioned above, once human starts to do something by the former emotion, they feel consequent emotion as an impression which comes from what you did. By the consequent emotion, you operate your reasoning system to control the behavior or save the memory as feedback. Suppose that you have a meal. After you overeat, you will think that overeating can make you unhealthy and fat, so you make your own conclusion that you will never overeat next time. Like this, a kind of system which estimates what you did and control your behavior is what reason do.

  Someone can say that not every behavior comes from emotions. They say it is also true that some behaviors can come from reason or obligation. However, the opinion is overlooking that the primary step which causes behaviors which comes from obligation and reason is even emotions. For example of obligation, you can think of voluntary work. Before you start to do that, you would feel expectation that you will be proud of yourself through helping someone with the obligation. Also, for example of reason, you might reflect on something to plan before do that. However, because the reflection also comes from the fear that you might get damaged if you do not do well or expectation that you would get reward after completing that, the reasoning system operates. Namely, all of the start points of behaviors can be explained with emotions. This is not exclusion of reason or obligation.

  Some people also criticize this opinion, arguing that starting points of unconscious behaviors cannot be explained with just emotions. Then, can they be explained with reasoning process? However, it is not. Unconscious behavior is literally a kind of action from unconsciousness in human. This is what can be explained with any innate process or genetic action of human. It is inappropriate and impossible to mention the unconscious behaviors.
 To sum up, Emotions are the rapidest reactions to our body state or surrounding than any other factors such as reason. Then, of course, the human body works by the emotions before any other process. After the start of behavior, we human bodies go through the process of thinking, or reasoning time. This eventually makes bodies to stop, keep or refrain.

  Misunderstanding that reason is the first step of human behavior is not correct. Reason has to be a sort of controller of human behavior which was first caused by various emotions. Then why do people have to consider the starting point and entire process of human behavior? It is because a human behavior has a great effect on a group, a society, a nation, and the world. Even though it is not true that all of the human behaviors do, humanity has seen many incidents caused by one’s or a group’s wrong behavior. Thus, it is very important to recognize the exact principle of behavior and balance the reason and emotions appropriately. The ultimate purpose of Freud’s <Psychodynamic theory> was also to let people know that the balance of the id, ego, and superego(can be substituted to reason and emotions in this opinion) is really necessary. This concept will lead to one’s good behavioral traits affecting the world well.

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Affective Motivation & Emotional Competency

My Topic :
Human behavior radically comes from emotions rather than reason.

What I hope to learn from this source:
I hope to get the accurate correlationship between emotions(and motivation) and behavior.

Affective Motivation & Emotional Competency

 The topic of affective motivation deals with the way in which individuals experience, process, and behave based on emotions.  This group of theories complements the host of rational-based motivational theories (e.g., expectancy theory) that are more cognitive in nature. 

The basic premise of affective motivation theories is that individuals experience emotional reactions to certain situations.  Emotional reactions are, in reality, physiological states (e.g., changes in blood pressure, heart rate, chemical secretions) that we feel as a reaction to certain situations.  Over time, we develop labels for these “feelings” which are based on the context in which we experience them. 

Table 1 lists of some of the “emotions” we experience.

  There are a number of ways in which emotions, or our affective states, are involved in the motivation of behavior. Remember that motivation is the force that energizes, directs, and sustains behavior.  How are emotions involved in these three forces?

Basic Premises

Individuals exist in, and move among, one of three Affective States:

Positive Affective State. The individual is experiencing positive feelings, such as relaxation, excitement, pleasure, or joy.

Neutral Affective State. The individual is experiencing little or no noticeable feelings at the present time.

Negative Affective State. The individual is experiencing negative feelings and emotions such as emotional pain, anxiety, guilt, frustration, boredom, or anger.
Individuals develop emotional memories, called somatic markers, associated with people, organizations, events, and objects which are part of their experiences.  For example, individuals who consistently find themselves in a negative affect the state (e.g., anxiety) when taking exams, would most likely develop a negative somatic marker associated with exam taking.  These somatic markers of the basis of the affective attitude component associated with attitude objects.

Postulates of Affective Motivation Theory

From an affective perspective, what energies, directs and sustains behavior?  (Note: Most theorists believe that behavior is result of a complex combination of, or conflict between, cognitive and affective processes.  Neither process alone, or in its pure state, explains behavior; except for Mr. Spock, Commander Data, and Professor Hickox).

Energizing Behavior. Behavior is energized when individuals experience a negative affect the state.  They are most likely to change behavior while in a negative affective state in order to eliminate these feelings (negative reinforcement).  For example, individuals feeling guilty are likely to behave in ways that eliminates this guilt; individuals experiencing boredom or likely to change to a more interesting or exciting activity (such as starting a fight with a sibling).  When the negative affective state is extremely strong, there is considerable pressure to relieve it.  In this case, the individual may respond in a totally reactive or impulsive manner.  This is referred to as emotional hijacking or amygdala hijacking.  For example, an individual listening to repeated “personal attacks” on his or her character by his or her boss at a meeting, may abruptly stand up and leave, or start shouting at the boss.

Directing Behavior. From a cognitive perspective, individuals choose among alternative actions through a process of deriving the logical consequences of alternative actions and comparing alternatives against a set of criteria unencumbered by passion (see: Expectancy Theory).   On the other hand, we all know that we often use "gut feelings" in making choices.  When we make decisions on the feelings associated with each of our alternatives, we are using an affective choice process.  In the pure affective process, we rank order alternatives on the basis of the somatic marker associated with each alternative: ranking the alternative of the most positive somatic marker first and so on.  In many cases, our choice process involves visualization of ourselves enacting each of the alternatives.  Russell (2003) points out that one's prediction core affect associated with future situations is one part of the valance calculation of a each behavioral alternative in the behavioral choice process. This visualization process enhances our ability to invoke the somatic marker (emotional response) of each alternative.  The specific visualization (which is based on our past experiences) has a direct impact on the type of emotional response evoked.  For example, if I am considering whether or not to go skiing, it depends on what visualization comes to mind while I am making my choice.  If my visualization is focused on getting up extremely early, a long drive, and the slushy conditions I experienced on my last trip to Stratton Mountain, this particular visualization is likely to evoke a negative somatic marker.  On the other hand, if I am focused on a perfect day, on a perfectly groomed mountain, with no cares in the world, a positive somatic marker is likely to be evoked.
    In the case of emotional hijacking, the chosen behavior is the result of automatic connection between stimulus and response.  Frustration Instigated Behavior is one form of emotional hijacking whereby an individual feels pressure to act in response in one of four characteristic manners: (a) aggression, (b) resignation, (c) regression, or (d) fixation.

Sustaining Behavior- Positive reinforcement stabilizes a particular behavioral pattern.  When we are experiencing a positive affect the state, we tend to continue what we are doing.  For example, if we are having fun at a party, we often stay longer than expected, despite the fact that we have a test early the next day.

Emotional Competency

Goleman (1995) is generally credited with developing the term and concept of emotional intelligence. I use the term Emotional or Affective Competency to avoid confusing this variable with a trait. The Emotional Competency Model deals with how individuals respond to felt emotions with behavioral responses.  For example, a very excited person may scream out an exclamation of joy, an angry person may storm out of a meeting, or a frustrated person may pound a desk.  While he did not present a specific model, a basic model using his precepts looks like this:

TriggerSituation or context Emotional Response Specific feeling evoked by the trigger Behavioral Response Actual behavior exhibited by the individual.  This may be no change in behavior

Emotional Competencies

Emotional Intelligence Skills refer to individual skills and competencies that allow people to deal with their own emotions (Individual Level) and the emotions of others (Interpersonal Level).

The Individual Level

This approach deals with how an individuals experience situations and how they monitor/control/regulate their responses.

Awareness/Managing Emotions. The ability to control and affect ones emotional state; limit the effects of social feedback on your emotions, and in general, block the effect of triggers on your emotional state.

1. Understanding one's own emotions
2. Understanding the causes of one's feelings
3. Becoming aware of one's "hot" buttons
4. Developing frustration tolerance
5. Strengthening one's self concept, and reducing one's dependence on external validation
6. Interpretation of meaning- learning how to better interpret the meaning of the actions of others in terms of your own self concept.
7. Becoming able to produce positive affective states in oneself through visioning and other techniques.
8. Development of positive outlook (optimism)

Motivation. The ability to control the behavioral effects of negative emotions (e.g., anger, fear, anxiety) and perform in a positive way even when emotional state is negative.  Individuals high in this skill are likely to react to negative (disconfirming feedback) by attempting to diagnosis the causes of low performance and actually increase their effort directed at improving performance.  Their counterparts with low skill development in this area are likely to quit at the first sign of failure or invalidation.

1. Self Control
2. Self Motivation- The ability to perform despite lack of "passion."
3. Self Regulation

The Interpersonal Level

This approach deals with the way in which individuals influence the emotions and behavior of others.  These skills are often referred to as interpersonal or social skills

EMPATHY. The ability to understand and affect the emotional states of others.

1. The ability to "read" the emotions and emotional states of others.
2. The ability to determine the situations/triggers that cause various emotional states in others.
3. The ability to evoke positive and negative emotions states in others.  This often involves understanding the self concept and identity of others to avoid negative affect by invalidation (offending) and to evoke positive affect by affirmation (positive reinforcement).
4. Conflict/Negotiation skills- The ability to advocate your positions/interests without invalidating the positions/interests of other parties

INFLUENCE- The ability to influence the behavior of others; motivating them in low emotional states; calming them in aggravated emotional states.

1. Conflict resolution techniques- The ability to develop win/win solutions to conflicts.
2. Relationship Building- The ability to develop trust and build high quality relationships with others
3. Motivation- The ability to energize and the direct the behavior of others despite low emotional states Control- The ability to moderate the behavioral responses of others to aggravated emotional states through such techniques as "active listening."

The Core Affect

The Core Affect Model (Russell, 2003; Seo, Barrett, & Bartunek, 2004) combines the dimension of Affective State (positive to negative) with Activation (energy level) and places emotional states into one of four quadrants. Russell (2003) states the “core affect is that neuropsychological state consciously assessable as the simpets (nonreflective) feelings evident in moods and emotions (p. 147)." He goes on the argue that the core affect at the time that an event is experienced affects the memory of that event through a process he terms attributed affect. Damasio (1994) calls this emotional memory a somatic marker.

Summary

Affective-based motivation is one element of a total motivation process; other elements are cognitive, behavioral, dispositional Process Conflict Reinforcement

References

Goleman, Daniel (1995). Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.  New York: Bantam.

Damasio, Antonio R. (1994). Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain.  New York: Avon

LeDoux, Joseph (1996).  The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Understanding of Emotional Life.  Simon & Schuster: New York

Russell, J. A. 2003. Core affect and the psychological construct of emotion. Psychological Review, 110: 145-172.

Seo, M.-G., Barrett, L. F., & Bartunek, J. M. 2004. The role of affective experience in work motivation. Academy of Management Review, 29(3): 423-439.

 

 

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original source - http://www.uri.edu/research/lrc/scholl/webnotes/Motivation_Affective.htm

 

This research is very useful to widen my idea!!

ByungSu Kim, < Reason and Emotions, Which one do we have to follow in a crucial moment >

My Topic :

Human behavior radically comes from emotions rather than reason.

 

What I hope to learn from this source:

I would like to get answer. Emotions or reason, which one is more effective to follow in decisive moment?

 

 

Final Thoughts:

ByungSu Kim, a famous Korean psychologic professor in Seoul Asan hospital, defines the meaning of emotions and reason in this article. Emotions is defined as a kind of signal which our bodies send toward environment. This says that we need to follow emotions in daily life and decisive moment. This also explains why he thinks so.

 

 

 

1) The decision which comes from emotions is more reliable.

 

2) In uncertainty that reason cannot work well, emotions are the most objective standard of life.

 

3) Human life is to follow emotions.

 

The Outline of My First Draft

1. The introduction, which warms up the audience, establishes goodwill and rapport with the readers, and announces the general theme or thesis of the argument.

I will start by a question which anybody does take for granted in daily life to grab attention. This will be connected to certain study concerned : Philosophy and psychology.  

2. The narration, which summarizes relevant background material, provides any information the audience needs to know about the environment and circumstances that produce the argument, and set up the stakes-what’s at risk in this question. In academic writing, this often takes the form of a literature review.

I will summarize well-known psychoanalyst, Sigmund Frued's theory to help audiences to understand more easily. This theory's similarities to my opinion will simultaneously support my opinion a little here. I will also mention other experts' words.

3. The confirmation,which lays out in a logical order (usually strongest to weakest or most obvious to most subtle) the claims that support the thesis, providing evidence for each claim.

I will start by a logical reason why I have this opinion and there would be some examples supporting too.

4. The refutation and concession, which looks at opposing viewpoints to the writer’s claims, anticipating objections from the audience, and allowing as much of the opposing viewpoints as possible without weakening the thesis.

I will make two of anticipated opposite opinion : a) Not every behavior comes from emotions. b) Starting points of unconscious behaviors caanot be explained with just emotions.

5. The summation, which provides a strong conclusion, amplifying the force of the argument,  and showing the readers that this solution is the best at meeting the circumstances.

I will close with a summary of my previous points, then a brief consideration of my topic and the importance of recognizing the process of human behavior.

For my First Draft < Conclusion >

Conclusion written in 9th Sep.

 To sum up, emotions play a basic role to induce one to do in particular way. The reason which control one’s behavior comes after the start of behavior and the feeling(consequent emotion) toward the behavior. Someone can say that the behavior can come from other factors such as reason or obligation. However, although they have an effect on the start of behavior, emotions cannot be excluded in the process of start of the behavior everytime. Therefore, I think human behavior is nearly subject to emotions radically rather than reason.

Conclusion written in 25th Oct. (Modified)

Misunderstanding that reason is the first step of human behavior is not correct. Reason has to be a sort of controller of human behavior caused by various emotions. Then why do people have to consider the starting point and entire process of human behavior? It is because a human behavior has a great effect on a group, a society, a nation, and the world. Even though it is not true that all of the human behaviors do, humanity has seen many incidents caused by one’s or a group’s wrong behavior. Thus, it is very important to recognize the exact principle of behavior and balance the reason and emotions appropriately. The ultimate purpose of Freud’s <Psychodynamic theory> was also to let people know that the balance of the id, ego, and superego(can be substituted to reason and emotions in this opinion) is really necessary. This concept will lead to one’s good behavioral traits affecting the world well.

For my First Draft < Refutation and Concession >

1. What is my thesis?

The human behavior radically comes from emotions rather than reason.

 

2. What is the opposite position?

The human behavior comes from the role of reason rather than emotions.

 

3. What arguments can I anticipate?

a) Not every behavior comes from emotions. b) Starting points of unconscious behaviors cannot be explained with just emotions.

 

4. How will I counter those arguments?

a) It is overlooking that the most fundamental process is also emotions. b) Although the starting points of unconscious behaviors cannot be explained with emotions, they are not also be explained with reason.

 

 

My Refutation and Concession

  Someone can say that not every behavior comes from emotions. They say it is also true that some behaviors can come from reason or obligation. However, the opinion is overlooking that the primary step which causes behaviors which comes from obligation and reason is even emotions. For example of obligation, you can think of voluntary work. Before you start to do that, you would feel expectation that you will be proud of yourself through helping someone with the obligation. Also, for example of reason, you might reflect on something to plan before do that. However, because the reflection also comes from the fear that you might get damaged if you do not do well or expectation that you would get reward after completing that, the reasoning system operates. Namely, all of the start points of behaviors can be explained with emotions. This is not exclusion of reason or obligation.

  Some people also criticize this opinion, arguing that starting points of unconscious behaviors cannot be explained with just emotions. Then, can they be explained with reasoning process? However, it is not. Unconscious behavior is literally a kind of action from unconsciousness in human. This is what can be explained with any innate process or genetic action of human. It is inappropriate and impossible to mention the unconscious behaviors.

For my First Draft < Confirmation >

1. What is my thesis?

The human behavior radically comes from emotions rather than reason.

 

 

2. What types of source am I using to defend my thesis?

 I am using a famous psychologist’s opinions and theory and other experts articles.

 

3. Are my arguments mostly based on evidence, logic or emotion?

My arguments have no hard evidence. Because my topic is philosophical and psychological, there is detail statistics or evidence little. My arguments depend upon logic more and emotion less.

 

 

My Confirmation

  There are some difficulties to shed light on the truth of complicated human behavior with specific evidences. Thus, discussing this topic should depend on logic and real examples. I will introduce appropriate logic and examples to support this idea.

  The first reason why I think so is that emotions are the first response which induce one to behave in particular way toward your body state or surroundings. This is also supported by Freud’s <Psychodynamic Theory> mentioned above. His theory which mentions the id, ego, and superego can be interpreted as concept of emotions and reason. Also, according to his theory, the process of human behavior is clearly explained through the concept of them. I skip specific explanation of the theory because I have already mentioned above.

  Also, think of your daily life. From getting up and eating to sleeping, most behaviors start very momentarily by the feeling of your body without reflection. It is because, emotions operate directly and primarily to influence on human before the operation of reason. Imagine your morning. Before getting up, sense of fullness that you slept enough or fear that you might get scolded later if you don't get up now come to you and make your eyes open. When you are working, if your boss set you a hard task, the excitement that you will be able to take a break after completing it or the fear that you might be scolded from the fierce boss make you do the work happily or reluctantly. In this way, the starting point of human behavior can be explained with emotions. In this part, the emotion is former emotion.

  In the next, human can control his or her behavior by reason(reflection) which comes after the start of the behavior. A Korean famous psychologist, Buyngsu Kim says that reason plays a role to control or limit one’s behavior through the reflection about reality, emphasizing that the most reliable origin of human behavior is emotions. Also, as mentioned above, once human starts to do something by the former emotion, they feel consequent emotion as an impression which comes from what you did. By the consequent emotion, you operate your reasoning system to control the behavior or save the memory as feedback. Suppose that you have a meal. After you overeat, you will think that overeating can make you unhealthy and fat, so you make your own conclusion that you will never overeat next time. Like this, a kind of system which estimates what you did and control your behavior is what reason do.

 

More similarities between Freud's and my opinion

◀This picture is well-known schema showing Freud's psychodynamic theory.


 In the last post, I introduced Freud's psychodynamic theory to support my opinion. This post is for making my opinion more detail and convincing.

 As mentioned in the last post, Human characteristics are comprised of id, ego and superego. Id means the id is the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires. The id operates based on the pleasure principle, which demands immediate gratification of needs. Ego seeks to please the id's drive in realistic ways that will benefit in the long term rather than bring grief. At the same time, Freud concedes that as the ego "attempts to mediate between id and reality, it is often obliged to cloak the Unconscious. Freud concludes that the id is for expressing or behaving and ego is for controlling the behaviors or expressions. The superego is the aspect of personality that holds all of our internalized moral standards and ideals that we acquire from both parents and society - our sense of right and wrong.
The superego acts to perfect and civilize our behavior. It works to suppress all unacceptable urges of the id and struggles to make the ego act upon idealistic standards rather that upon realistic principles. The superego is present in the conscious, preconscious and unconscious. According to this Freud's theory, the balance among id, ego, and superego is important for proper human life and behavior.

 This context is quite similar to what I have been explaining until now. The theory says that the id is the only one that human have since the moment of birth. This says that the id's role is very fundamental to construct human behavior and socialization mechanism. Next, I have emphasized that emotions play a role as starting point of human behavior. Similarly, Freud also said that desire from the id lets human body to do something in the way to satisfy the desire. These are really consistent opinion. This context says that the id can be substituted with emotions in my opinion. I have also explained the role of reason as limitation or boundary of one's behavior with reflecting process. Freud's theory also says ego and superego's roles in similar way of this. According to his theory, ego realizes that there is environmental limitation suppressing one not to overdo beyond reality. Thus it helps human to behave in realistic way, letting him satisfy his desire as much as possible. Superego makes human obey to moral norm with the reflection.  These are also consistent. The role of reason is explained in his theory : 1. realizing reality and performing in realistic way 2. follow ethical norm.


All of this context can be translated into a diagram which I made in the last time : http://020301gogun.blogspot.kr/2014/10/research-systemizing-my-opinion-in.html


<Reference or Quote>
http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/personalityelem.htm - Freud's psychodynamic theory

http://blog.naver.com/pinkdream_02/220158109798 - Freud's Theory and Modern Society in Korean blog(naver)


My Topic :
Human behavior radically comes from emotions rather than reason.

What I hope to learn from this source:
I hope to find more similarities between Freud's opinion and mine to support mine more strongly.

Final Thoughts:
I think I did well to research on Freud!!

 

 

Freud's Opinion : Id and ego, reason and emotions

Freud, Sigmund 
(1856 ~ 1939, Psychopathologist)





 According to Freud's <Psychodynamic theory>, Human characteristics are comprised of id, ego and superego. Id means the id is the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires. The id operates based on the pleasure principle, which demands immediate gratification of needs. Ego seeks to please the id's drive in realistic ways that will benefit in the long term rather than bring grief. At the same time, Freud concedes that as the ego "attempts to mediate between id and reality, it is often obliged to cloak the Unconscious. Freud concludes that the id is for expressing or behaving and ego is for controlling the behaviors or expressions.
 

Final Thoughts:
 This context of id and ego can be interpreted similarly to my opinion: Human behavior starts from emotions and reason works later for controlling the behavior. The id which includes fillers for urges, needs and desires is similar to emotions in my argument. The ego which plays a role as controller of individual behavior is also interpreted as reasoning process. Freud's theory strongly supports my opinion.

Reference(Source) -
<Naver Dictionary, http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=389712&cid=41978&categoryId=41985>

<http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/personalityelem.htm>

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-id-ego-and-superego.html


My Topic :
Human behavior radically comes from emotions rather than reason.

What I hope to learn from this source:
I hope to find more similarities between Freud's opinion and mine to support mine more strongly.

Research : Systemizing My Opinion in Diagram

I made a diagram to organize and systemize my previous rough note.
This is a process of human behavior from starting point.