How does emotion affect cognition? It almost certainly increases the strength of a memory (for example, compare your memories of
September 10, 2001 with your memories of September 11, 2016- some
of you were babies!), But what about the influence of particula
emotions when you are making decisions? This is a topic of yeat
importance to many professionals, from teachers who foster
environments that enable students to learn) to pilots (who train to make
emergency landings in stressful situations),
Imagine a typical decision you make on a daily basis, whether to save or
spend your money, Imagine yourself making that decision unda taer
difference conditions, when you're angry, when you are happy, and
when you are afraid. In each case, what do you decide to do with your
money
Now imagine you enter your psychology class and you are my,
happy, or afraid. Your teaching assistant hands you your test with a
big, red D- written on it. In each case, how do you respond?
You can continue this thought experiment as it applies to different areas
of your life. Overall, how would you characterize the effects of different
emotions on decision-making?

Emotions of sadness or anger can cause you to make decisions from a place of little to no thought that could be regretful

answer; eliminate parking problems in cities, because a car took up only half as much space as a horse and buggy;

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.