🗓 Unit 6 - Motivation & Emotion

Summary

Learning Objectives

• Explain several proposed theories of motivation
• Understand basic biological mechanisms regulating sexual behavior and motivation
• Explain the major theories of emotion

Prepare for Today

Readings

• Motivation
• Sexual Behavior
• Emotion

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Lecture Slides

Takeaways

• Multiple theories have been put forward regarding motivation and emotion
• No single theory or psychological mechanism explains all situations
• Highly contextual effects often depend on variety of situational and personal factors

Today’s Assignment

Lie Detection Myths Activity

• Read: this article.
• Think: Identify one “myth” that either surprised you or interests you more generally.
• Annotate: Select your Tribe group and use hypothesis to post an image, article, link, video, meme, etc. from outside this class that represents this ‘myth’ or ‘false belief’ inaccurately. Briefly explain the connection you made. Don’t be afraid to get creative!
• Submit: Go to the Unit 6 Activity on Canvas and type in the phrase: “You know that’s right” to confirm that you did the assignment.