1st cycle of studies in Psychology

Motivation and Emotions

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Motivação e Emoções

Curse code:9219211

Susana De Deus Tavares Monteiro

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

This Curricular Unit aims the conceptual, theoretical and practical definition of motivation and emotions, highlighting the instinctive or drives, homeostatic, emotional and cognitive motives as well as the basic and universal emotions. At the end of this course students should be able to describe and apply key concepts in different contexts (clinical, family, intra-individual, professional or academic, social ...). They should also develop written skills of the scientific forum, by conducting a literature review on key variables applied in a specific context or setting.

Syllabus:
  1. MOTIVATION
    Introduction.
    Historical background.
    Theories.
  2. DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOTIVES
    Homeostatic.
    Instinctive.
    Emotional.
    Cognitive.
  3. TYPES OF MOTIVATION
  4. EMOTIONS AND STRESS
  5. EMOTIONAL SELF-REGULATION
  6. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
  7. MOTIVATION AND BEHAVIOR
 
Suggested Bibliography:
  • Gross JJ (2007) Handbook of emotion regulation, New York: The Guilford Press
  • Miller WR & Rollnick S (2012) Motivational interviewing: Helping people change, 3rd ed., New York: The Guilford Press
  • Oettingen G & Gollwitzer PM (2015) Self-Regulation in Adolescence, New York: Cambridge University Press
  • Reeve J (2014) Understanding motivation and emotion, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Tugade MM, Shiota MN & Kirby LD (2014) Handbook of Positive Emotions, New York: The Guilford Press

 

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