PY5202 Applications of Psychobiology- Affective or Emotional Component

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You will need to wn e a answer swer to one of the following essay titles:

1. "Attitudes always involve an affective or emotional component". Critically evaluate this statement.
2. Using theory and research, critically evaluate the idea of emotions as lived experience.
3. "Self-efficacy is a significant factor in predicting health behaviours". Critically discuss this statement, using research and theory.
4. "Social constructions of health and illness can help us understand people's relationship to their own health or illness". Critically discuss this claim.
s. "How we remember or forget is linked to our social interactions". Critically discuss this statement, using research and theory.

Answer

Introduction

Attitudes always involve an affective or emotional component

The negative affectivity is referred to as the state of being tense, nervous, pessimistic and distressed. It reflects the differences of an individual in self-concept and negative emotion. The negative feelings decrease the confidence and thinking the power of an individual. A person with negative feelings suffers from many diseases. It has been founded that negative affectivity affects the perceived stress by is influencing the perception of the environment or self (Stevens, 2013).  An individual with high negative affectivity possesses a high level of perceived stress and dissatisfaction level when compared with the individuals with lower negative affectivity level. Thus, negative affectivity imposes a significant impact on the attitude of an individual.

The positive, neutral or negative feeling imposes a significant impact on the behavior and attitude of an individual. Attitude helps employees in an organization to adjust to the working environment. It defends and defines the self-image (Shaw, & Nicholls, 2010). Attitude towards anything helps to express the possessed values. A person who makes poor decision shows negative attitude and who makes good decision shows a positive attitude. However, it can also be said that there should be a balance between positive feeling and negative feeling to become a perfect person. Attitude helps an individual to understand the rules and regulation of the world. Thus, changing feelings affects the attitude of an individual. The positive, neutral and negative feelings play a significant role in the life of an individual. The skill, knowledge, and thinking of an individual depend on his or her attitude (Riley, 2008). Attitudes are based on the experiences that are strong influences the behavior of an individual.

Conclusion

References

Parrish, M. (2014). Social Work Perspectives On Human Behaviour. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education.

Riley, D. (2008). Social and emotional development. St. Paul, Minn.: Redleaf Press.