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

Interesting read
Hi - I am rather intrigued by your chapter given the focus on positive mind = good health these days. I know my parents always drummed this into me when I was a child and still do but I often wondered whether it really was true. After reading your chapter I recognise that there is some truth behind it. I can see that the chapter isn't complete but I think it is a fantastic start. In terms of theories, I wonder whether the self-determination theory might be a good one for this, focussing on intrinsic motivation (internal emotions being the focus) whereas external emotions may differ to how the person is truly feeling inside about their health issue. I wonder is people act as if they are positive to make others feel better about what they are going through rather than feel sorry for them. Pity may be another aspect to look into, whether other people's behaviour/emotional reaction to people suffering from serious health issues e.g. cancer has positive or negative impacts on the person suffering from illness (my guess is pity would have a negative effect). I noticed some grammar errors throughout (fullstops missing etc) but realise this is in draft form, but just wanted to highlight that in case you missed it. Overall, a great topic and I am sure many people will be interested to read the final result.Thanks :) U3030139 (discuss • contribs) 10:45, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

APA style captions for images and tables
I recommend using APA style captions i.e., Figure 1, Figure 2 etc. for all images, graphs etc. and Table 1, Table 2 etc. for all tables. The caption text should not be in italics. For more detail and examples, see http://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/content.php?pid=113807&sid=1208571 -- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:32, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Feedback
Hi! Really enjoyed reading your chapter- I found it interesting, easy to read and I think the content flows really well.. I'm wondering if it would we possible to further link your 'emotional states' information and your content on self-determination theory, placebo effect etc. My only feedback would be linking them more so that your theory, research and practical examples are all connected. Looking forward to seeing your finished chapter!--U3068695 (discuss • contribs) 01:32, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

(More) Feedback
Hey! This is an interesting topic and I think you've covered it really well. I especially like the table of emotions that can be experienced during illness and the way you've explained them makes them very clear. You give a really good baseline for then talking about how those emotions effect treatment. I saw that you were editing the page as I was reading, so I didn't want to interrupt by making any spelling/grammar edits. My only suggestion would be to maybe provide a picture/graph of some kind when your talking about neuropeptides and their receptors. Even just a simple chart to show the systems working together. The chapter's looking good! U3068280 (discuss • contribs) 04:45, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

APA caption
Hi, I have just made small changes to you figure captions. I think what is expected of us is: Figure 1. and then caption text.--Xlc (discuss • contribs) 06:26, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Few changes
Hi, I hope you don't mind but I have made a couple of small changes - just a space here and there and changing an 's', and correcting some capitals in your title (you don't realise how much that has become habit!).

Also, I think doctor-patient relationship may need a hyphen - I wasn't 100% sure so I didn't change it.

The only other thought I had was that there may be some videos you could attach in external links relating to a number of the concepts you've raised.

Your page is looking good, the information is well laid out and easy to read. While I really like the colours you've used I'd be wary of using too much colour. I'm pretty sure James warned against this in a Moodle post.

Well done!

CFD (discuss • contribs) 00:02, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

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