PSY322 Motivation and Emotion Fall

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1 PSY322 Motivation and Emotion Fall Instructor Room No. Office Hours Telephone Secretary/TA TA Office Hours Course URL (if any) Zahbia Sarfraz 239 I, Old SS Wing COURSE BASICS Credit Hours 4 Lecture(s) 2 Per Week Duration 1:50 hours Recitation/Lab (per week) None Duration Tutorial (per None Duration week) COURSE DESCRIPTION The course will provide students an overview of theory and research on motivation and emotion. We will begin with understanding human needs including physiological, psychological and social needs. We will explore how our perception of ourselves, our roles, our identities, amongst other things, influences our motivation and emotion in different contexts. We will continue with exploring the nature of emotions and the different perspectives on understanding emotions. We will finish with a discussion on how unconscious motivation and emotions may influence human behavior. The emphasis throughout the course will be on the relevance of research findings to real world issues. Students will be encouraged to reflect on the material in a meaningful way. For this purpose, students will write three response papers approximately two pages each in the classroom. Response papers will not simply be clarification on points covered in the readings but would demonstrate that the student is reflecting on the material. Response papers may include criticism of some points raised in the readings, interpretation of readings or applications to research or intervention.

2 The term paper will allow students to find out more about a topic that is of personal interest to them in the area of motivation and emotion. Each student will write a ten to fifteen page (double spaced) paper using APA format. Students will be expected to review the literature on the specific topic that they choose. They will also be expected to conduct a simple experiment. COURSE OBJECTIVES 1. To introduce students to theories about motivation and emotion 2. To familiarize studies with classic studies conducted in the field 3. To enable students to apply basic findings from research on motivation and emotion in their everyday life LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Students will be able to understand and influence the factors that impact motivation 2. Students will have an understanding of various emotions and how they influence human behavior. PRIMARY TEXT Reeve, J. (2009). Understanding motivation and emotion, 5 th ed. Wiley. SUPPLEMENTRY READINGS Ekman, P. (1992). Are there basic emotions? Psychological Review, 99(3), Gendron, M. & Barrett, L. F. (2009). Reconstructing the past: A century of ideas about emotion in psychology, Emotion Review, 4, Gross, J. (2001). Emotion regulation in adulthood: Timing is everything. Current Directions in Psychological Sciences, 10(6), Immordino Yang, M. (2011). Me, my self and you: Neuropsychological relations between social emotion, self awareness and morality. Emotion Review, 3(3), In T. Dalgleish and M. Power (Eds.). Handbook of Cognition and Emotion. Chapter 3: Basic Emotions, Paul Ekman. Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., James, W. (1884). What is an emotion? Mind, 9, Mlot, C. (1998). Probing the biology of emotion. Science, New Series, 280(5366), Pizarro, D., Ibar, Y., &Helion, C. (2011). On disgust and moral judgment. Emotion Review, 3(3),

3 R. J. Davidson, K. R. Scherer, & H. H. Goldsmith (Eds.) Handbook of affective sciences (pp ). Haidt, J. The Moral Emotions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2003) Rottenberg, J. (2005). Mood and emotion in major depression. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14(3), Schaller, M. & Park, J. (2011). The behavioral immune system (and why it matters). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20(2), Winkielman, P. &Berridge, K. (2004). Unconscious emotion. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13(3), GRADING 3 Response Papers (2 pages each) 30% Midterm 25% Final 25% Term Paper 20% COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1 Introduction: what is motivation? Why do we study motivation? (Reeve, Chapter 1). Week 2 Historical and contemporary perspectives about motivation. (Reeve, Chapter 2). Week 3 Understanding the role of the brain in motivation and emotion. (Reeve, Chapter 3). Mlot, C. (1998). Probing the biology of emotion. Science, New Series, 280(5366), Week 4 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. (Reeve, Chapter 5). Week 5 Psychological Needs: Autonomy, Competence and Relatedness. (Reeve, Chapter 6). Week 6 Social Needs. (Reeve, Chapter 7). Week 7 The Self and its Strivings (Reeve, Chapter 10)

4 Week 8 Nature of Emotion. The Basic Emotions. (Reeve, Chapter 11) Ekman, P. (1992). Are there basic emotions? Psychological Review, 99(3), In T. Dalgleish and M. Power (Eds.). Handbook of Cognition and Emotion. Chapter 3: Basic Emotions, Paul Ekman. Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Week 9 Aspects of Emotion. (Reeve, Chapter 12) Gendron, M. & Barrett, L. F. (2009). Reconstructing the past: A century of ideas about emotion in psychology, Emotion Review, 4, James, W. (1884). What is an emotion? Mind, 9, Week 10 Personality Characteristics. (Reeve, Chapter 13) Gross, J. (2001). Emotion regulation in adulthood: Timing is everything. Current Directions in Psychological Sciences, 10(6), Week 11 Unconscious Motivation. (Reeve, Chapter 14) Winkielman, P. &Berridge, K. (2004). Unconscious emotion. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13(3), Week 12 Growth motivation and positive psychology. (Reeve, Chapter 15) Week 13 Moral emotions Immordino Yang, M. (2011). Me, my self and you: Neuropsychological relations between social emotion, self awareness and morality. Emotion Review, 3(3), Pizarro, D., Ibar, Y., &Helion, C. (2011). On disgust and moral judgment. Emotion Review, 3(3), R. J. Davidson, K. R. Scherer, & H. H. Goldsmith (Eds.) Handbook of affective sciences (pp ). Haidt, J. The Moral Emotions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2003) Schaller, M. & Park, J. (2011). The behavioral immune system (and why it matters). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20(2),

5 Week 14 Psychopathology Rottenberg, J. (2005). Mood and emotion in major depression. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14(3),