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The role of emotions in the pursuit of knowledg

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The role of emotions in the pursuit of knowledg

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Emotions themselves are perceived as unreliable because they vary for each individual. Yet, we use them to acquire the many Areas of Knowledge that we know. Emotions may be a way of knowing, as they help us respond to certain situations.
Emotions can motivate us in the search for knowledge and also grant and help us understand knowledge.  Nevertheless, emotions can also hinder our judgments and senses. In result, we do not openly welcome all knowledge including those that may displease us and betray us by allowing us to learn imperfect knowledge

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Fear may influence the rules of procedure, which can lead mistakes in procedure. For example, when a person, who is scared of rats, is making an experiment on them it might influence their actions, attention, concentration, which might give us unreliable results

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Brows are raised and drawn together, usually in a flat line

Wrinkles in the forehead are in the center between the brows, not across

Upper eyelid is raised, but the lower lid is tense and drawn up

Upper eye has white showing, but not the lower white

Mouth is open and lips are slightly tensed or stretched and drawn back

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an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.

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In many cases, reason receives more credibility than emotions in our pursuit of knowledge. We often disregard the fact that emotions are what trigger our interests to acquire knowledge. Our emotions inspire us in the pursuit of knowledge and provide us with subjective knowledge of our own souls.

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On the contrary, emotions can also have negative effects on our perceptions by clouding our minds and prevent us to use our other Ways of Knowing. They can make us focus too much or refuse some aspects of reality.

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The relationship between emotion and reason is commonly thought to be a problematic one. But the latest thinking challenges that assumption.. Instead of grouping all conscious and unconscious activities of the brain into one – and terming them the ‘mind’ – some argue that it should only be those things we consciously involve ourselves in which should be termed ‘the mind’, for example, reason, memory, and imagination. More basic and primitive reactions – such as rage, fear, joy, and so forth – do not involve any conscious input from us, so should not conceived of as part of the mind.

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Emotions are rapid information-processing systems that help us act with minimal thinking.
If we did not have emotions, we could not make rapid decisions concerning whether to attack, defend, flee, care for others, reject food, or approach something useful, all of which were functionally adaptive in our evolutionary history and helped us to survive.For instance, drinking spoiled milk or eating rotten eggs has negative consequences for our welfare. The emotion of disgust, however, helps us immediately take action by not ingesting them in the first place or by vomiting them out.

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The main strength of the method used by Schachter and Singer is the amount of control they had of their procedure.  For example they were able to randomly allocate different participants to the different conditions, they were able to deceive the participants of the real nature of the experiment and standardise the procedure as much as possible.  They even ensured that the stooge did not know which condition the participant was in.

However there are many weakness of the method used by Schachter and Singer.
The experiment definitely lacked ecological validity.  We do not usually experience emotions in the way in which Schachter and Singer induced them.  We are often aware of events before the onset of arousal and this gives us information we can use to interpret out physical cues.

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Also known as the two-factor theory of emotion, the Schachter-Singer Theory is an example of a cognitive theory of emotion. This theory suggests that the physiological arousal occurs first, and then the individual must identify the reason for this arousal to experience and label it as an emotion. A stimulus leads to a physiological response that is then cognitively interpreted and labeled which results in an emotion.
Schachter and Singer’s theory draws on both the James-Lange theory and the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion. Like the James-Lange theory, the Schachter-Singer theory proposes that people do infer emotions based on physiological responses. The critical factor is the situation and the cognitive interpretation that people use to label that emotion.
Like the Cannon-Bard theory, the Schachter-Singer theory also suggests that similar physiological responses can produce varying emotions. For example, if you experience a racing heart and sweating palms during an important math exam, you will probably identify the emotion as anxiety. If you experience the same physical responses on a date with your significant other, you might interpret those responses as love, affection, or arousal.

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The difference between feelings and emotions

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The difference between feelings and emotions

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A feeling is the mental portrayal of what is going on in your body when you have an emotion and is the byproduct of your brain perceiving and assigning meaning to the emotion.

While basic emotions are instinctual and common to us all, the meanings they take on and the feelings they prompt are individual based on our programming past and present. Feelings are shaped by a person’s temperament and experiences and vary greatly from person to person and situation to situation.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_emotions

http://changingminds.org/explanations/emotions/primary_secondary.htm

http://www.thebestbrainpossible.com/whats-the-difference-between-feelings-and-emotions/

https://www.verywell.com/theories-of-emotion-2795717

http://www.holah.karoo.net/schachterstudy.htm

http://nobaproject.com/modules/functions-of-emotions

http://mathildeooitok.blogspot.com/2013/02/emotions-in-pursuit-of-knowledge.html?m=1

http://www.theoryofknowledge.net/ways-of-knowing/emotion/the-relationship-between-emotion-and-reason/

http://www.scienceofpeople.com/2013/09/guide-reading-microexpressions/

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are emotions that require the representation of the mental states of other people. Examples are embarrassment, guilt, shame, jealousy, envy, empathy, and pride.

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are those that we feel first, as a first response to a situation. Thus, if we are threatened, we may feel fear. When we hear of a death, we may feel sadness. They are unthinking, instinctive responses that we have.

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a strong feeling deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.