Sunday 15 April 2012

The Pleasure





Pleasure describes the broad class of mental states......

that humans and other animals experience as "positive".......

"enjoyable", or "worth seeking"........

It includes more specific mental states such as............

"happiness, entertainment, enjoyment, ecstasy, and euphoria".

In psychology, the pleasure principle describes pleasure as.........

"a positive feedback mechanism"...............

motivating the organism to recreate...........

in the future........

the situation which it has just found pleasurable.....

The experience of pleasure is subjective.........

and different individuals will experience different kinds..........

and amounts of pleasure in the same situation......

Many pleasurable experiences are associated with satisfying basic biological drives,

such as eating,exercise or sex........

Other pleasurable experiences are associated with...

social experiences and social drives,

such as the experiences of accomplishment, recognition, and service............

The appreciation of cultural artifacts and activities ...........

such as art, music, and literature is often pleasurable.........


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