Cognition and Emotion

Recommended Prerequisites

The general admission criteria for  the PhD program apply

Teaching Methods

Lecture (seminar, conference).

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit aims at:

(1) Enabling students to identify fundamental research trends in the cognitive psychology of emotions and their interfaces with other cognitive processes (e.g., attention, memory, learning, motivation, creativity).

(2) Providing knowledge on the core operational paradigms for the experimental study of emotions.

(3) Fostering the analytical and conceptual skills required for a sound evaluation of the knowledge basis available in the field and the ability to place and empirically solving research problems.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Theories of Emotion: discrete, dimensional and multi-componential views

The expression of emotion: verbal and non-verbal components.

Topics in the Psychophysiology and Neuropsychology of Emotions.

Emotion and Attention

Emotion, Memory and Creativity

Emotion, motivation and learning

The evolutionary perspective on emotions.

Head Lecturer(s)

Armando Luís Diniz Mónica de Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Evaluation
Type B examination (review/empirical work) : 50.0%
Type A examination (written exam) : 50.0%

Bibliography

K. R. Scherer & P. Ekman (Eds). (1985). Handbook of methods in nonverbal behavior research. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

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

T. Dalgleish & M. J. Power (1999). Handbook of cognition and emotion. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons,

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

J. T. Caccioppo, L. G. Tassinari, G. G. Berntson (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of Psychophysiology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

J. A. Russell & J. M. Fernández-Dols (Eds.) (1997) The Psychology of Facial Expression. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Dunbar, R.I.M. & Barrett, Louise (Eds.) (2007). Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. Oxford (UK) & New York: Oxford University Press.