Motivation and Emotion

Recommended Prerequisites

As well as good oral and written skills in the English language

Teaching Methods

Lectures and interactive methods,presentation and discussion of assignments carried out by students

AssessmentStudents should,at the beginning of the course,choose from one of the following types of evaluation,according to the rules defined by the pedagogic board:

I - Periodic evaluation:

The final evaluation will derive from the sum of the following components:

1) Two periodic evaluation tests (7 marks each – 14 marks);2) Group assignment (oral presentation of the critical review of an article/ discussion, delivery of the corresponding support for the presentation and a final report integrating the article theme with the curricular unit syllabus) – 6 marks.

The report should include:a) a copy of the visual support used during the oral presentationb) a text which articulates the contents of the article with the contents of the subjects taught in class.

Learning Outcomes

Identification of the main motivational concepts and constructs;

- Knowledge of the main contemporary conceptual grids on the study of motivation and emotion;

- Understanding the main biological, environmental and psychological triggers of the motivational processes;

- Identification of the core cognitive-emotional factors involved in the initiation, direction and regulation of behaviour;

- Understanding the physiological, cognitive-affective, and expressive components of emotions;

- Understanding the impact of the motivational processes in the behavioural regulation; 

- Acquisition of critical psychological intervention skills via the understanding of the practical implications resulting from the impact of the motivational processes on behaviour;

- Acquisition of communication skills that enable students to carry out oral and written presentations of scientific and technical papers.

- Development of competences in literature review and in the writing of a scientific paper.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Introduction to the study of motivation and emotion – definitions, concepts and main assessment procedures;

2- Historical perspective on the study of human motivation – from the philosophical origins to the present time consideration of its biological, cognitive and social dimensions;

3- The organismic approach to the study of human motivation and reflection around the notions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

3.1.Discussion of the self-determination theory as an integrative contemporary model of the main features of an organismic approach on motivation

3.2. The nutrition of the needs in intervention contexts

4- The cognitive approach to the study of human motivation

4.1-The study of goal-directed behavior

4.2-The study of personal control beliefs and self-regulation

4.3-Cognitive-motivational processes and modalities of intervention

5- The nature and the dimensions of emotions

6- Emotion and Social Relations

7- Emotion and Personality

8. Emotion and Intervention Programs.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Type A examination encompassing the topics discussed in both the theoretical and the practical classes: 100.0%

Bibliography

Deci, E. & Ryan, R. (Eds.) (2004). Handbook of Self-Determination Research. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.

Dunning, D. (Ed) (2011). Social Motivation. New York: Psychology Press.

Elliot, A. (Ed.)(2008). Handbook of Approach and Avoidance Motivation. Hove: Psychology

Ford, M. (1992). Motivating Humans- Goals, Emotions and Personal Agency Beliefs. Newbury Park: Sage Publications.

Lewis, M., Haviland-Jones, J. & Barrett, L. (2008). Handbook of Emotions (3rd edition). New York: The Guilford Press.

Oattley, K., Keltner, D. & Jenkins, J. M. (2006). Understanding Emotions. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Reeve, J. (2009). Understanding Motivation and Emotion (5th edition). USA: John Wiley & Sons

Weiner, B. (1989). Human Motivation. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Revista “Motivation and Emotion”

Revista “Emotion Review”.