Motivation has taught me how important observing is. When one is observed a person's behavioral problems can be easier dealt with. Every action is motivated by an emotion. Many emotions cause us to make hasty decisions which can have a negative effect on life, while other emotions bring out the better in one. One is the motive for sexual behavior in the context of short- and long-term relationships. A second is the motive to prefer certain basic foods and reject others. A third motive concerns the survival value of fear and the stimuli that humans avoid as a consequence.
One chapter that interest me the most was chapter seven, Stress, Coping, and Health. Stress results when life demands strain-coping resources either because the demand is too great or the resources are inadequate. Stress endangers a person's well-being and shows up as negative feelings, physiological arousal, psycho physiological disorders, illnesses or maladaptive behaviors. For example, a person can feel depressed, have trouble sleeping, develop headaches, catch a cold, and drink too much alcohol trying to alleviate negative feelings and stress. Everyone stresses. There is not a single person who does not. And as for me, I have experienced basically everything that is written above. At a young age, I have been through a lot, and still am going through hard times. I get a headache almost everyday, from just dealing with classes and work. There have been times when I thought alcohol would solve everything and I was wrong. I feel that sometimes when you talk to somebody about your problems it would make things better. Sometimes I keep eating if i am extremely stressed, which also is not a good thing. Some that also caught my attention was that traumatic events, such as the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001, result in an acute stress disorder, which if it persists more than four weeks is diagnosed as a posttraumaticstress disorder (PTSD). These characterized by distressing dreams, flashbacks, psychological distress and behaviors reminscent of the original event.
Overall this class has taught me a lot, and I can keep going, but now I am going to put it to an end. I enjoyed reading other student's blogs and commenting and learning what they felt about different things.
