Emotions

1. Identify a personal knowledge claim, using emotion as a way of knowing.

Emotions are a way of knowing because emotions indicate that our actions are real, everytime a person performs an action they have a reaction with emotions. Emotions also define a person to what they want to exceed in knowledge in  subjects or activities or personal interests. For example, I play basketball and my emotions toward basketball is love because I love the adrenaline rush before every game as well as the role of being a leader at practice and at a game. Because of my positive emotions I want to proceed in the knowledge of basketball and also these emotions make basketball seem very real to me.
2. Identify a global knowledge issue that includes emotion as part of the 'knowledge construct'.
One issue that includes many emotions is the Arab Israeli conflict. The emotions toward this conflict includes the knowledge of Israeli's and Arab's history. A person can not base a true emotion off of something if they do not even know what it is. For example, an Arab may feel angry and hurt towards the Israeli's because they took their land.
3. Can there be 'correct' or 'appropriate' emotional responses? For example, is it correct to be horrified by accounts of torture? 
There can be a "correct" or "appropriate" emotional responses when the emotions belong to the correctaction. For example if a family member has past away the emotions are grief, sorrow, depression etc. An example of emotions that are incorrect is if a person is content or excited when they killed a cat. This is wrong because in society usually when something tragic happens there are dramatic emotions and when something great happens usually the emotions are quite positive.

4. Is the knowledge gained from an emotional construct influenced by culture? Are concepts such as patriotism and racism examples of collective emotions?
Concepts such as patriotism and racism are emotions, and these emotions are because of culture and society. Cultyre definately influences emotions because some cultures restrain their people to show emotions or some cultures only express hatred toward African Americans and these result in the influence of culture and society. For example, my friends parents have strong emotions of hatred towards the government and in result their children have the same emotions towards the government as well because of the influence of emotions in their household.