But for her, like Dr. Dishman and Dr. Zirkin, exercise also is an innate pleasure, important to her sense of well-being.
The game, which allows players to commit mass murder and political assassinations in a Cold War setting, is a troubling reminder of humanity's -- better, mankind's, since most players are men -- innate pleasure at engaging in wanton violence.
As a result, some literary critics have begun drawing on accounts by cognitive theorists, behavioral psychologists, and philosophers to argue that as evolved humans, we not only take an innate pleasure in such cognitive sharpening exercises, but also use them to practice "mind reading" as a social survival skill.
Perhaps some of our desires are innate (for pleasure, for gentle touches and hugs, for adequate nutrition and hydration…) but many of our intrinsic desires clearly are not.
Like society today, Cotton's super-fantasies unabashedly celebrate desire and reflect our own innate tendencies towards pleasure.
Humans are born with an innate desire for pleasure and distaste for pain, but we have no idea what causes these things.
Food then becomes something of the enemy, something that we believe we should always be doing better and are very often feeling guilty about this most basic, innate desire for pleasure and satisfaction with food.
The sense of calm, clarity and restful sleep will reward you with the simple pleasures of innate health and an energy that is rightfully yours.
The underlying premise of SDT is that learners who possess intrinsic motivation perform an activity simply for pleasure and innate satisfaction, whereas those who are extrinsically motivated behave in a particular way in order to receive some rewards or to avoid punishment (Dörnyei 2001; Noels 2009).
Parrish has an innate understanding of the pleasure that comes with repetition, endlessly replaying the phrase "I've got to know why" until reason and sense have been subsumed by a desire to escape into the dance floor.
As a child Debbie revelled in the simple pleasures including her innate skill and passion: singing.
