Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2014/Giving and emotion

Comments
Hi, after our discussion we had in person the other day about having difficulties in thinking of headings, I've had a look at your titles, and thought maybe you could use "Motivators behind giving behaviour", and "affective consequences of giving behaviour". Let me know if you'd like more suggestions. :) U3083503 (discuss • contribs) 08:50, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks so much! I was unsure with some of headings, so I've adjusted them a bit with help from your suggestions! N.matthews3500 (discuss • contribs) 06:59, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi, I also had a thought about, in addition to social and neurobiological factors as motivators, that personality could also be a motivator behind giving if you haven't prepared that already. U3083503 (discuss • contribs) 08:50, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

I did a quick search in my free time for you, and found this article and it seemed quite fitting. Hope you can find somewhere to use it if you haven't found it already. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039211 U3083503 (discuss • contribs) 00:07, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! This tips have been a big help! N.matthews3500 (discuss • contribs) 06:42, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Final edit
Hi, I have done a final edit on your page as requested, and your page is fantastic! I like how well each section flows into the next, and how neatly you have tied it all in together. There were a couple of things I did pick up on though.
 * In the 2nd paragraph of ‘what is emotion’, you note that 2 things will be discussed later in the paper, but in different sentences; perhaps merge these 2 discussions into the same sentence e.g.: “blah and blah will be discussed later...”


 * Your sentence about giving 5 times in a day being better than over a weekly period so to make someone happy lacks a reference – put one in! :)

Great, thank you so much! I really appreciated your help throughout this whole process. :) N.matthews3500 (discuss • contribs) 14:14, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Religion
--Natalie 777 (discuss • contribs) 14:49, 27 November 2014 (UTC)Giving is a significant part of many different religions. For example, in Christianity the Bible states that 'if you give, you will receive', that 'it is more blessed to give than to receive', that we are to 'give to the poor and be blessed'. In this case, many people give according to the beliefs of their religion, with the reward of giving not being a physical reward, but more of a spiritual reward.

Here, the idea of giving is often not solely based on the rewards of giving (such as: receiving in return, being blessed or happy); instead people give out of obedience to their religious beliefs. This suggests that giving may not solely be done out of emotional 'feelings', but rather out of the desire to be obedient to spiritual doctrine. For example, as a Christian if I give money to someone who is homeless I may not do it simply to feel good emotions, but to be obedient to what the Bible says, which is to give to the poor. However, that is not to say that religious people only give due to their religious obedience, as people may very well give for that reason, as well as emotional reasons.

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-- Jtneill - Talk - c 06:17, 30 November 2014 (UTC)