Hello all,
Here are some questions to help you get started with your final essay:
What is anger? Don't use a dictionary definition. Come up with your own definition, and see how that compares to other definitions. For example, "wrath" is considered one of the seven deadly sins, and Buddhist philosophy considers anger a manifestation of the ego.
What are the different causes of anger?
What are the different ways people manifest and show anger?
What are the different effects anger can have?
How can anger be a positive? Can it be productive?
How do the causes and expressions of anger differ in the personal, social, and political spheres?
What makes you angry? How do you express your anger?
What has made you the angriest? Why?
For this blog, post a question of your own that you (or one of your colleagues) could answer in the final essay.
What are the processes that people go through to alleviate the anger built up inside?
ReplyDeleteGaia Yarber
ReplyDeleteWhat can you do to effectively channel the anger into different areas of life to be productive?
What happens when anger is held in and not resolved?
ReplyDeleteWhat leads for you to feel angry toward something? Is it a process of being greedy or is it an act of you wanting something and you don't get your way. Why act angry when its not necessary, most people don't look back and realize whats the point of getting angry.
ReplyDeleteAlberto Panchi
ReplyDeleteWhat would be three best methods to overcome anger without negatively affecting other people around you?
Thu writes...
ReplyDeleteHow do you contain your anger?
What type of anger is healthy? And vise versa, what type of anger is dangerous to our health?
ReplyDeleteHow can you contain your anger directed towards someone, who is unwelling to help themselves?
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of medical problems may one develop when the body is always in an angry mood? Is it healthy?
ReplyDeleteKimberley writes...
ReplyDeleteWhat is the best way to release your anger?
Have you ever hurt others or yourself menatally or physically when expressing your anger?
ReplyDeleteSasha Velasquez
ReplyDeleteHas your anger caused you to act out and jepordize your relationship with friends or family?
Chelsey:
ReplyDeleteWhat is the difference between anger and frustration?
Valerie: Many cultures believe it is healthy, and natural to display anger toward someone. Do you think that our American culture would benifit from a more healthy display of anger?
ReplyDeleteWhat does anger ultimately succumb to?
ReplyDeleteHow do you control your anger?
ReplyDeleteOnce you are over the "angry" period, is it possible to try and avoid that whole situation again or is it inevitable?
ReplyDeleteHow often does one find themselves justifying their anger and do something about it? Or is it a feeling you get for a short period of, get over it, and never do anything about it? If you get over it and never do anything about, do you find yourself getting angry over the same thing and/or who caused the anger?
ReplyDeleteAraceli Ramirez
Brittany...
ReplyDeleteCan anger really cause someone to plan revenge on those who have hurt them?
Do you act in a rational way when you are angry? Or does your anger cause you to make irrational decisions?
ReplyDelete-Berkley
How do you genuinely apply forgiveness after anger?
ReplyDeleteWhen was the last time you were so angry that you had to act it out?
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