Unit 7: Motivation and Emotion

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MPTUO1a: Introduction to Psychology – Fall 2020
Week 12 / Unit 7: Motivation and Emotion

Motivation and Emotion. “The experience of desire or aversion (you want something, or want to avoid or escape something). As such, motivation has both an objective aspect (a goal or thing you aspire to) and an internal or subjective aspect (it is you that wants the thing or wants it to go away).” ^[1]

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Required Reading

• Chapter 7: Motivation and Emotion in Psychology 101 by Dr. Christopher L. Heffner^[2]
  • Chapter 7: Motivation and Emotion
  • Chapter 7.2: Motivation
  • Chapter 7.3: Emotion
• Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion, Part One: Biological Motives in Psychology: An Introduction by Russell A. Dewey, PhD ^[3]
  • Hull’s Theory
  • Fat Regulation
  • Pleasure and Pain
  • Motivational Conflicts
  • Summary: Biological Motives
• Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion, Part Two: Cognitive Motives in Psychology: An Introduction by Russell A. Dewey, PhD ^[3]
  • Competence Motivation
  • Cognitive Dissonance
  • Psychological Reactance
  • Willpower
  • Summary: Cognitive Motives
• Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion, Part Three: Maslow’s Motivational Psychology in Psychology: An Introduction by Russell A. Dewey, PhD ^[3]
  • Maslow’s Motivational Psychology
  • Peak Experiences
  • Maslow’s Advice on Self-Actualization
  • Summary: Maslow’s Motivational Psychology
• Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion, Part Four: Emotions in Psychology: An Introduction by Russell A. Dewey, PhD ^[3]
  • Emotions
  • Expressions of Emotion
  • Limbic Origins of Emotion
  • Happiness
  • Summary: Emotions

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Homework

Emotion

Perspectives on emotion

• • 1.1 Explain the biological and cognitive components of emotion.
  • 1.2 Discuss psychological research on basic human emotions.
  • 1.3 Differentiate among theories of emotional experience.

Emotional interpretation and expression

• • 2.1 Explain how biological factors influence emotional interpretation and expression.
  • 2.2 Explain how culture and gender influence emotional interpretation and expression.
  • 2.3 Explain how other environmental factors influence emotional interpretation and expression.

Domains of emotional behavior

• • 3.1 Identify biological and environmental influences on the expression and experience of negative emotions, such as fear.
  • 3.2 Identify biological and environmental influences on the expression and experience of positive emotions, such as happiness.

Motivation Study Guide

Perspectives on motivation

• • 1.1 Explain biologically based theories of motivation.
  • 1.2 Explain cognitively based theories of motivation.
  • 1.3 Explain humanistic theories of motivation.
  • 1.4 Explain the role of culture in human motivation.

Domains of motivated behavior in humans and non-human animals

• • 2.1 Discuss eating behavior.
  • 2.2 Discuss sexual behavior and orientation.
  • 2.3 Discuss achievement motivation.
  • 2.4 Discuss other ways in which humans and non-human animals are motivated.

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Major Assignments and Deadlines

• Participate. Make a minimum of 2 original comments or discussion posts and 2 responses to someone else.
• Watch the Unit 7 Videos.
• Study the Unit 7 Slides.
• Review the Unit 7 Resources.
• Review the Unit 7 Study Guide.
• Take Quiz 13: Motivation and Emotion

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Sources

1. Motivation. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved June 18, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation
2. Heffner, Dr. Christopher L. (2001, April 1). Psychology 101. All Psych. https://allpsych.com/psychology101/
3. Dewey, Dr. Russell A. (2017). Psychology: An Introduction. Psych Web. https://www.psywww.com/intropsych/
4. The American Psychological Association’s Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (APA TOPSS) course template.

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