Becca’s Motivational Changes In the film Pitch Perfect, the main character is Barden University freshman Beca Mitchell. Her current situation in the beginning of the film is that she has to attend college at the behest of her father who works at the university. The reason for Beca not wanting to attend college is that she would rather forgo her education in order to pursue a music career in Los Angeles as a producer. After some time goes by Beca’s father finds out that she hasn’t attended any of her classes. As a result her father proposes to pay for her move to Los Angeles. This proposal is contingent upon her desire to still leave college after a year within a club. Soon after she reluctantly joins the female a cappella group The Barden …show more content…
97). What this implies is that our emotions energize our actions, which we direct toward achieving some goal. According to Adler (Ferguson), “ emotion helps to move the person toward his or her goals”. Additionally, “if there are maladaptive aspects it isn’t the emotion but the goals that are maladaptive” (pg.98). This theory applies to Becca because when she initially joined the Bellas she wasn 't emotionally motivated to perform well. This was due to Aubrey failing to recognize the innovative ideas she was presenting in order to enhance the Bellas chances of winning. Later on in the film after they just manage to win the ICAA semifinals by default, all the members of the Bellas come to recognize and support Becca’s creative ideas. Once her creative ideas come to be recognized Becca becomes emotionally motivated to prove to Aubrey that her ideas are superior and with her creativity they can win the ICAA finals. Her goal was to have Aubrey admit that she was indeed talented and with her help the groups chances of success in winning were
As can be seen, the Bella’s have many roles. For example, Aubrey has task/individual, Chloe has maintenance, Beca has individual/task and maintenance, Fat Amy has task/maintenance and individual, Stacie has Individual/Task, Cynthia Rose has Task, and Lilly has Task. Also, Aubrey shows legitimate power because her seniority influences every Bella. Beca earns referent power. Amid, a key nonverbal communication is eye contact.
This paper will examine Robert C. Solomon's Emotions and Choices article, to best identify what anger is, and to what extent a rational human being is responsible for their anger. Firstly, Solomon's argument must be described. A quick summation of Solomon's argument can be found in the following four points: Emotions are judgements, emotions are chosen, emotions serve a purpose, and emotions are rational.1 To quote Solomon, he explains that “Emotions are not occurrences, and do not happen to us. They ... may be chosen like an action.”2
Metaphorically, emotional energy begins with what Peterson (2007) calls a “thud” and causes a feeling in the gut, such as anger, excitement, jealousy, or happiness. This feeling, whether it is positive or negative, grows and puts pressure on the heart, hardening it and closing the openness one may have earlier had towards what other people feel or ideas they may have. When the heart hardens, the brain becomes “flat” and causes the ears to become barred from hearing anything besides what is inside the mind. This process, called th...
These states might be unpleasant at times, but sadness and anger can actually have a beneficial role in human development. Sad emotions, anger issues, and guilt sometimes can bring some cases of positive outcomes. David states in his article that there is good news about the value of bad moods such as, “Helping [one] form arguments...improving [one’s] memory...encourage perseverance...up [his or her] generosity...and [boosting one's] ability to reason”(126). Being upset can help with forming arguments because one is more aware of making
Lilienfeld, Scott O, et al. "Emotion and Motivation." Psychology from inquiry to understanding. Boston: Pearson Education, 2011. 435-438.
...he exciting fact and our feeling of the same changes as they occur is the emotion.”
He concluded that individuals who exhibit these skills are more successful than those that don’t. Emotions are universal – swing emotions (anxiety and anxiety can go both ways). People have to learn to convert fear and anxiety in to an energy to create a positive energy. It can encourage you or derail you. The emotional intelligence blueprint forces us to “take action” and develop our own emotional intelligence. He concedes that there are three common emotions that everyone feels on a daily basis: frustration, anxiety and enthusiasm (Weisinger, 2010 ). We all have the same emotions, but we express them differently. Applying emotional intelligence can include: observing your actions, being entuned to your intentions, and learning to relax. Managing anger includes realizing what is wrong and acknowledging that you are angry, in addition to asking yourself if you may have interpreted the other persons actions incorrectly and therefore may have over reacted. He also suggests that clarifying our feelings of doubt, in addition to coming to terms with the idea that there are going to be periods of uncertainty will help to alleviate anxiety (Weisinger, 2010 ). During periods of dejection/disappointment he suggests acknowledging your feelings and seeking a reliable support system that can help you reassess your goals. Weisinger suggests when feelings of fear begin to creep in people should acknowledge that they are experiencing the emotion and then evaluate the nature of the threat to determine if they are indeed scared or just overly concerned (Weisinger, 2010
The ability to express and control our own emotions is vital for our survival in society and the work place but so is our ability to understand, interpret, and respond to the emotions of others. Salovey and Mayer proposed a model that identified four different factors of emotional intelligence (Cherry, 2015).
On the opening week of Pitch Perfect 2, the film produced more money than every other movie released around the same time (Contrera). With that being said, Pitch Perfect 2 had word out of being an incredible movie. Pitch Perfect and the sequel are musical comedies that follow the a cappella group, the Barden Bellas. The first movie, released in 2012, centers on the group undertaking the challenge of competing against other talented and experienced teams across the nation. Most movies that are a sequel tend to not be as good as the original film, but Pitch Perfect 2 happens to be even better than the leading Pitch Perfect for several reasons. The second movie offers more a cappella singing to look forward to, an impressive amount of well-known celebrities starring who never allow for a dull moment, and main characters who prove to be just as entertaining to watch as in the first movie.
Motivation and Emotion (pg. 354) both play an important part in our daily life. Motivation helps us understand why we do things a certain way or why our behaviors change unexpectedly. While emotion shows our relationships with others and our health, and making important decisions. Motivation comes from the latin word “movere” which means to move where one starts on activities until one's psychological needs are fulfilled. An example in the chapter is “when a person is relaxed in front of the television and begins to feel hungry, the physical need for food might cause the person to get up, go into the kitchen, and search for something to eat”(Ciccarelli). But, there are two different types of motivation, extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. In
...es from uncontrollable and often unfathomable depths, can cause unpredictable, sometimes unimaginable reactions: the wife who has repressed her anger at her husband for fifteen years suddenly lights him and his bed on fire. The repression causes anxiety, discomfort, even neurosis, and the release causes massive emotional and often physical damage. But it is not all negative, the ability to find release, is a positive thing, since we cannot bottle everything up all the time. However it is how we release these repressed emotions that is the cause for concern.
Rosen, L. D., Cheever, N. A., Cummings, C., & Felt, J. (2008). The impact of emotionality and
Mayer and Salovey (2001) maintained that emotions help prioritise, decide, anticipate and plan one’s actions. In order to effectively manage one’s emotions, one must first learn to identify and recognise them accurately. They should not neglect their emotions as this will reflect lack of self-awareness. For example, when someone lost their loved ones, they choose to be in a state of denial allowing themselves to be drowned in depression and sickness. They refused to get away from feeling negative and find solutions to overcome their emotions. These group of people face difficulties in recognising, identifying and managing their emotions.
Emotion has a major role that it plays in the learning environment (Cleveland-Innes & Campbell, 2012). Educational psychologists believe the motivation, achievements, and the overall educational performance has a direct correlation to the human emotion (Cleveland-Innes & Campbell, 2012). That statement alone reflects the significant role that emotion plays in education. There is a major need for human emotion to be displayed in the educational environment and it really does not matter whether it is a brick and mortar class or an online learning environment; emotion must and in fact does play a role.
The anxiety and frustration can decrease. Emotions are very important because not everyone accept them, sometimes they have experienced reject from others for example classroom partners, teachers and even their own parents because they experience a lot of stress and frustration , but many people are very compromised helping them so they can improve all their motor skills. The next phrase emphasizes what has been said: “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunders” – (Rumi, 1207)