| Semester 1, 2022 Toowoomba On-campus | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: PSY1010
Overview
Motivation and emotion are intriguing but complex biopsychosocial phenomena that underpin all human behaviour. This course introduces students to theory and research related to human motivation and emotion, which are integral to understanding human psychology.
It will cover several interrelated topics in motivation and emotion, such as drives and instincts, theories of motivation, consciousness and volitional behaviour, self-control and self-regulation, the structure and function of emotions, relationships between emotion and cognition, and the regulation of emotions.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- identify major theoretical concepts in motivation and emotion;
- apply major theories and findings to an analysis of specific instances of behaviour;
- combine theories and findings to describe the role of motivation and emotion in general human behaviour.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Basic motivation - physiological, drives and instincts | 8.37 |
| 2. | Goal directed behaviour | 8.33 |
| 3. | Systems theories of motivation | 8.33 |
| 4. | Self-regulation and self-control | 8.33 |
| 5. | Determinism, freewill, and volitional action | 8.33 |
| 6. | Emotion as motivation to action | 8.33 |
| 7. | The nature of emotion - basic theoretical concepts | 8.33 |
| 8. | The structure of emotion | 8.33 |
| 9. | Phenomenology and functions of emotion | 8.33 |
| 10. | Emotional expression | 8.33 |
| 11. | Regulation of emotional states | 8.33 |
| 12. | Relationships between emotion and cognition | 8.33 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | No | 40 | 1,2 |
| Quiz A1 of 6 | No | 1 | 1 |
| Quiz A2 of 6 | No | 1 | 1 |
| Quiz A3 of 6 | No | 2 | 1 |
| Quiz A4 of 6 | No | 2 | 1 |
| Quiz A5 of 6 | No | 2 | 1 |
| Quiz A6 of 6 | No | 2 | 1 |
| Time limited online examinatn | No | 50 | 1,2,3 |