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Negative Internal State In the Midst of Chaos

Choi, Yoobeen

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Title
Negative Internal State In the Midst of Chaos
Author(s)
Choi, Yoobeen
Contributor(s)
Yoon, Hee Jun
Issue Date
2022
Keyword(s)
Psychology
Date of Ingest
2022-06-01T16:50:52Z
Abstract
Losing an item must have happened to every individual at some point. While the incident of losing an item is not a sole indication of a disorder, there have been numerous studies supporting its relation to attention and memory loss. Based on the extensive literature on how neuroticism, a trait that involves negative emotions, correlates with cognitive failures, my research examines several factors such as social contexts and lacking attention that draw connections between negative internal state and the frequency of losing items. Since overwhelming circumstances faced by individuals result in a negative internal state such as stress and anxiety, they may deteriorate one’s ability to concentrate and negatively influence him or her to lose items more frequently. Therefore, my research aims to investigate how losing items in familiar settings positively correlates with one’s negative internal state. Here I created an image that expresses hectic external situations in daily life that negatively influence an individual’s internal state. Various colors represent stimuli in the environment that permeate the individual’s brain, which symbolizes his or her cognition and emotional state. The individual in the image feels overwhelmed and stressed due to excessive external stimuli, preventing allocating attention to other objects.
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Language
eng
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