This document discusses the concept of gratitude from several perspectives. It defines gratitude as stemming from recognizing a positive outcome from another person's intentional and costly behavior that benefits the recipient. Gratitude is seen as a virtue across many cultures and religions. Studies have shown gratitude can increase life satisfaction and well-being. Expressing appreciation was found to shift heart rhythm coherence from the frustrated right frontal lobe to the positive emotion center in the left lobe. More research is still needed but expressing gratitude seems to have psychological benefits.

1. GRATITUDE
by
ANIQA MARYAM
PRESTON UNIVERSITY ,ISLAMABAD

2. SEQUENCE OF PRESENTATION
According to Emmons & McCullough
positive outcome
A concept Of gratitude
Aristotle View
Heart Rhythms Under Frustration and Appreciation
McCraty and Childre

4. Definitions
The term gratitude is derived from the
Latin concept gratia, which derived
from the Latin concept gratia,which
entails some variant of grace
gratefulness, and graciousness

5. According to Emmons definenation
The positive out come appears to have come from
another person ;however, the benefit may be derived
from nonhuman action or event.
Example,
The individual who has under gone a traumatic natural
event such as family members' survival of a hurricane
(coff man ,1996) feels a profound sense of gratitude.

6. Ideas of Latin roots
The idea of Latin roots pertain to
Kindness
Generousness
Gifts
The beauty of giving and receiving

7. Individual behaviors ways
Gratitude emerges upon recognizing that
one has obtained a positive outcome from
another individual who behaved in away
that
1-Costly to him or her
2-Valuable to the recipient, and
3-intentionally rendered.

8. Benefits Finding
E.g. of gratitude ,a person may have
come through a major Medical crisis
or problem discover benefits in that
experience ( Affleck & Tennen) This
letter process

9. Historically back ground
Historically, gratitude has been viewed
variously as a social and civic virtue, a
motivator of benevolence and both a
cognitive and emotional reminder of the
social need to reciprocate (Emmons, M
Instead, gratitude can be

10. Life satisfaction and Wellbeing
characterized as a moral and actively
pro-social, emotive, concept, the
expression of which has potential
implications for life satisfaction and
wellbeing.

12. A concept Of gratitude
As a concept gratitude has a broad and
timeless appeal, one that is seen as
valuable and beneficial across
cultures and in the Christian, Muslim,
Jewish and Hindu traditions (Dumas,
Johnson & Lynch, 2002).

13. Stemming from the Latin ‘Gratia
Stemming from the Latin ‘Gratia’, meaning
grateful and pertaining to kindness and
the beauty of giving and receiving,
gratitude is the most common discrete
positive effect, experienced by more than
90% of adults (Chipperfield, Perry &
Weiner, 2003).

14. According to
Emmons & McCullough
This commonality doesn’t extend to the
understanding of gratitude within
psychology however, where it is variously
posited from the perspective of benefits
provided, benefits received, a
combination of these, as an emotion or
disposition.

15. positive outcome
 Moreover, gratitude stems from the
recognition of a positive outcome as
being generated by another, with
behavior that was intentional, holds
costs for them and value for the
recipient (Emmons & McCullough,
2003).

17. Aristotle View
In his opinion,magnani-mus people are adamant
about their self –sufficiency's and,accorodingly,
View gratitude as demeaning and reflective of
needless indebtedness to others can be seen
from the right frontal area at base line to the
left hemisphere in the appreciation
manipulation condition.

18. Heart Rhythms Under Frustration
and Appreciation

19. McCraty and Childre
In this regard, McCarty Childer (2004)
Have noted that the left hemisphere has been
implicated in other research with positive
emotion.
Although there obviously in much more
research to be done to this area. It is promising
that the gratitude-related human response of
appreciation appear to have a coherent
psychological pattern.