emotions and motivations

Emotions & MotivationsLearning to guard our heart

In The Film

What happens to the man in the store?

What did you expect to happen?

What did actua"y happen?

How did his anger motivate him?

What are Emotions?

We a" have them

We are a" effected y them

They dictate our behavior

They are what make us human

External MotionIn Latin - Ex Movere

emotions are whatwe feel on the insidethat informs us whatto do on the outside

>_<anger

see red, hair stands up on our necks

:-Ofear

we tremble, our hearts beat faster

:-Dhappiness

we smile or dance around

:-(sadness

we withdraw, cry and )own

<3love

our hearts flutter, knees weaken, feels good

:-\embarrassment

we shrink back, hide our faces

The Science of EmotionThe process we go through

Event Arousal Reasoning Emotion➡ ➡ ➡

The Environment

Dark a"ey

Movie theatre

In )ont of your peers

Driving down highway

At footba" game

The Event

You hear footsteps behind you

Your opposite sex )iend touches your hand

Your pants fa" off

Car swerves behind you & honks the horn

Your team scores the winning touchdown

The Arousal

Your heart beat increases, your skin crawls

Your heart races, your skin gets flush,your knees get weakYour face blushes and you want to run

Your hair stands up on your neck

You ye" and smile and jump up and down

The Reasoning

Realizing that you are vulnerable

Finding that someone wants to care for you

Discovering everyone thinks you’re foolish

Wanting to prove that you are not slow

Remembering that you won that bet

The Emotion

 Fear

Love

Embarrassment

Anger

Happiness

Emotion is Contagious

We are social creatures

We cue off other people

When people are laughing, we laugh

When people are depressed, we get bummed

When are scared, we tend to get concerned

Emotions Motivate Us

Motivation Theories

Instinct - simple biology

Drive - satisfying the craving

Incentive - What’s in it for me?

Psychoanalytic - choosing life or death

Instinct Theory

We are created and biological beings

We experience similar events

We react in certain, preset ways

We tend to be “self-preservationists”

The difference is that we can reason...

Instinct Theory

If someone strikes you on one cheek,turn to him the other also.

If someone takes your cloak,do not stop him from taking your tunic.

– Luke 6:29 –

Drive Theory

We experience certain events

We have specific urges

Hunger, Sex, Sleep, Acceptance

We strive to reduce tension these cause

We can overcome these with our )ee wi"

Drive Theory

Then Jesus returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? Watch and

pray so that you will not fall into temptation.The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

– Mark 14:37 –

Incentive Theory

We are used to this being used

If we do our chores, we get an a"owance

If we eat our vegetables, we get dessert

If we get in trouble, we get punished

If we do the job, we get paid a wage

Incentive Theory

Then Jesus returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? Watch and

pray so that you will not fall into temptation.The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

– Mark 14:37 –

Psychoanalytic Theory

Every decision becomes black and white

Do we do something for life it brings?

Every decision is about life and death

The Butterfly Effect amplifies this

Psychoanalytic Theory

For when we were controlled by the sinful nature,the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work

in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death.But now, by dying to what once bound us,we have been released from the law so that

we serve in the new way of the Spirit.– Romans 7:5,6 –

The bible invites us to bemore than just creaturesbut to join with Heavenin reflecting the divine

How Do Your EmotionsMotivate You?

How Do Your EmotionsAffect Those Around?

How Do Your EmotionsBring About Life?