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This document provides instructions for an assignment to write a three paragraph argumentative essay arguing that emotions play an important role in decision making. It begins with the assignment details for a student named Forio Ginalyn F. It then provides steps for writing an argumentative essay, including developing a thesis statement, linking points, including evidence, considering counterarguments, and having a strong conclusion. The document continues with background information on heuristic affection and how emotions can shortcut and speed up the decision making process. It provides a potential thesis statement arguing that emotions can influence thoughts and behaviors by compelling actions and impacting both large and small decisions in life. It discusses factors that influence emotions and how positive and negative emotions can affect decision making. The document

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Assignment 3

This document provides instructions for an assignment to write a three paragraph argumentative essay arguing that emotions play an important role in decision making. It begins with the assignment details for a student named Forio Ginalyn F. It then provides steps for writing an argumentative essay, including developing a thesis statement, linking points, including evidence, considering counterarguments, and having a strong conclusion. The document continues with background information on heuristic affection and how emotions can shortcut and speed up the decision making process. It provides a potential thesis statement arguing that emotions can influence thoughts and behaviors by compelling actions and impacting both large and small decisions in life. It discusses factors that influence emotions and how positive and negative emotions can affect decision making. The document

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ASSIGNMENT 3

FORIO, GINALYN F.

Instruction: Find a case on the internet that tells how emotions/feelings play a crucial role in decision-
making. Then, write a three-paragraph argumentative essay on why feelings are deemed important in
decision-making. Follow the steps below

How to Argue Your Point in an Essay

1. Develop a thesis statement


2. Link the points in your argument
3. Include pieces of evidence
4. Consider counterarguments
5. Create a strong conclusion

Heuristic affection

Heuristic affection is a mental shortcut that allows people to make decisions and solve problems
quickly and efficiently. It also means that emotions play a major role in decision-making. It is a
process that operates below consciousness and shortens the time of decision making, enabling people
to function without having to constantly search their brains for relevant information. This approach
quickly and unintentionally occurs in response to a stimulus. Heuristic affection usually comes as we
judge the risks and benefits of something, depending on the positive or negative feelings we
associate with a stimulus. It is equivalent to acting based on what your heart tells you.

THESIS STATEMENT

Emotions can play an important role in how you think and behave. The emotions you feel each day can
compel you to take action and influence the decisions you make about your life, both large and small.

Emotions can be short-lived, such as a flash of annoyance at a co-worker, or long-lasting, such as enduring
sadness over the loss of a relationship. Emotions are influenced by a network of interconnected structures
in the brain that make up what is known as the limbic system. Key structures including the hypothalamus,
the hippocampus, the amygdala, and the limbic cortex play a pivotal role in emotions and behavioral
responses. Emotions are the name of a complex psychological state, which includes three distinctive
factors—an expressive response or behaviour, a subjective experience, and a physical response. Emotions
can also be defined as judgements regarding the degree to which your current condition meets your desired
goals.
There are many ways to express emotions; they are broadly divided into two types, positive emotions and
negative emotions. Positive emotions include care, friendship, satisfaction, happiness, joy, understanding,
love, etc. On the other hand, negative emotions include sadness, anger, hate, frustration, greed, envy, etc.
We all assume that we think from our brains but, quite often, people act on impulse rather than making
educated decisions. Some people give more importance to logic and facts, while others think with their
emotions. Hence, some people are more emotional than others.It is considered that people who are
emotional make most of their decisions based on their emotions rather than cold facts. It is a fact that all
decisions are ruled to some degree by emotions, from small decision like buying a toy to big decisions like
investing in a business.
The decision-making process is affected by many different factors, but some of the major factors are your
emotions. According to a research, when an individual is feeling positive, they tend to make positive
decisions, and when they experience negative emotions, they are likely to make negative decisions. In these
situations, the decisions may or may not be the correct one, even when you make decisions in a positive
mood. I frequently hear from women that they deny their emotions, they want to hide emotion to not be
seen as “sensitive” or “emotional.” They tell me it hinders them at work, and it causes them to have an
image of being “weak.” That stereotype is wrong. The pre-conceived idea that we shouldn’t be letting our
emotions play a role is fundamentally not true, and research proves it. Therefore, I conclude that “Without
emotion, people are unable to make good decisions”

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