PSA_033 Emotion and motivation

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Tyrlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 7:30–9:05 C34
Prerequisites
PSA_005 Cognitive Psychology
General psychology I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students should understand, analyze nad apply individual theories od human emotion, Feeling, Motivation, Volition and Action. They shoul be able to utilize these theoretical knowledge in varios psychological applications.
Syllabus
  • 1. Psychological approach to emotions and feelings. Differences among the concepts. Positive and negative emotions. Regulative function of emotions. 2. Research on emotions. Neurophysiological, phenomenological and anthropological theoretical approach to research on ometions. 3. Phylogenesis and onthogenesisof feeling in human and sub-human animals. 4. Distinctive neurophysilogical approach to emotion theory. 5. Inter-dependence between cognition and emotion. Schachters theory. Cognitice aspects of self-system as an emotion-related structure. Frijda's theory. 6. Emotions as a remotivational and regulational factor influencing behaviour. 7. Motivation. Distinctive theoretical approaches ti motivation. Madsen categorization. 8. Behavioristic and cognitive theories of motivation. Achievment motivation. 9. Frustration and conflict. Research and practice. 10. Volition and motivation/ distinctive or substitutive phenomena? The volition in the process of action control. 11. Motivation, cognition and emotion in the process of action. Steering to experience.
Literature
  • DWECK, Carol S. Self-theories :their role in motivation, personality, and development. Philadelphia: Psychology Press, 1999, xiii, 195. ISBN 0-86377-570-5. info
  • POWER, Mick and Tim DALGLEISH. Cognition and emotion : from order to disorder. Hove: Psychology Press, 1998, xii, 496 s. ISBN 0-86377-738-4. info
  • STRONGMAN, K. T. The psychology of emotion : theories of emotion in perspective. 4th ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1996, x, 255. ISBN 0471966193. info
  • SMYTH, Mary M. Cognition in action. 2nd ed. Hove: Psychology Press, 1994, viii, 455. ISBN 0-86377-348-6. info
  • Emotions : essays on emotion theory. Edited by Stephanie H. M. van Goozen - Nanne E. Van de. Poll - Joseph A. Sergean. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1994, xii, 333. ISBN 0805812083. info
  • Motivation and personality : handbook of thematic content analysis. Edited by Charles P. Smith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, xvi, 708. ISBN 052140052X. info
  • WEINER, Bernard. An attributional theory of motivation and emotion. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986, xi, 304 s. ISBN 0-387-96312-X. info
  • KUHL, Julius. Motivation, Konflikt und Handlungskontrolle. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1983. ISBN 0387124233. info
  • MADSEN, K. B. Moderní teorie motivace : Modern theories of motivation : (a comparative metascientific study) (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1979, 468 s. info
  • MADSEN, K. B. Teorie motivace : (srovnávací studie moderních teorií motivace). Translated by Eduard Bakalář. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1972, 381 s. URL info
  • A theory of achievement motivation. Edited by John W. Atkinson - Norman T. Feather. New York: John Willey & Sons, 1966. info
  • Handbuch der Psychologie in 12 Bänden. Edited by Rudolf Bergius - Hans Thomae. 2. unveränderte Aufl. Göttingen: Verlag für Psychologie, 1965, xviii, 907. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars. Group discussions
Assessment methods
Student should attend 70% of seminars and lectures. Final oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kontrola 25.5.2007 M. Tyrlík.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Seminář pouze pro řádné posluchače jednooborového studia; 1.ročník
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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