An Individual s Experience Of Emotion And Perception Of...

Humans have existed on the earth for 200,000 years and have advanced culturally and technologically greatly over this time. Humanity has researched everything we can conceive, ranging from space travel, animals, chemicals, triangles and numbers to invisible particles. But the mystery that holds the greatest allure to psychologists is the human mind itself. Among the many facets of the human mind that psychologists study, personality and emotion are two of the most widely studied (citation). It has been found in studies that personality and an individual’s experience of emotion are THATWORD (they influence each other). This study aims to determine if an individual’s experience of emotion and perception of drug effect are related to one’s†¦show more content†¦The increased neural activity also leads to norepinephrine being released into the system, exciting the individual. Caffeine is reported to affect behavior and mood in several ways. It is most commonly considered and consumed as a â€Å"mild stimulant, helpful in temporarily relieving minor fatigue (Graham, 1978[Sawyer]). Caffeine has been shown to increase alertness, especially in situations of fatigue or low alertness (Smith, 2002). Caffeine has also been shown to delay fatigue from physical activity (dokoka). Caffeine in doses much higher than are normally consumed has been shown to cause acute anxiety (Smith 2002). However, the literature on caffeine’s arousing properties is conflicting, with most studies claiming that this effect is well documented (smith), while others report that the positive mood effects of caffeine are conditional (James). It has been suggested that caffeine restores performance only when it has been impaired by fatigue, or otherwise degraded (Goldstein et al. 1965; Dews 1982) (lieberman) and James (2005) claims that the majority of mood-enhancing effects of caffeine are merely caused by withdrawal-reversal. . Penetar claims that caffeine can reverse sleep deprivation effects and improve mood in sleep-deprived individuals. The general consensus, however, is that caffeine does indeed produce a feeling of alertness. An important aspect of any emotional response is the intensity or magnitude of said experienced emotion