Motivation and emotion/Lectures/Historical development and assessment skills

Lecture 02: Historical development and assessment skills

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This is the second lecture for the Motivation and emotion unit of study.

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This lecture:

Discusses the historical context and development of psychological motivation and emotion knowledge.
Explains the assessment, including how to:
1. use Wikiversity for the topic development and book chapter assessment exercises and
2. develop a multimedia recording
3. complete the quizzes
4. access additional support for completing the assessment exercises

This video introduces motivation:

The Power of Motivation: Crash Course Psychology #17 (CrashCourse, Youtube) (Watch until 6:04; total 11:19 mins)

This video explores some of the reasons behind why are approaching the assessment this way:

These videos explain the basic concept of a wiki and the purpose of the Wikipedia project:

Here are some example topic development submissions:

Here are some example social contributions:

Here are some example book chapters:

Illicit drug taking at music festivals: What motivates young people to take illicit drugs at music festivals? (2016)
Organisational change motivation: How can leaders build a culture of agility, adaptability, and resilience to deal with a constantly changing workplace? (2019)
Phobias: What are phobias and how can they be dealt with? (2019)

Here are some example multimedia presentations:

Artistic creation motivation: What motivates artists to create art? (2016; 3:06 mins)
Dark humour: Why do we enjoy dark humour? (2019; 3:00 mins)
Phobias: What are phobias and how can they dealt with? (2019; 3:01 mins)