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Lecture 02: Historical development and assessment skills
This is the second lecture for the motivation and emotion unit of study.
 | This lecture is complete for 2023. |
Overview[edit | edit source]
This lecture:
- Provides a historical context to the development of psychological motivation and emotion knowledge
- Explains the assessment, including how to:
- use Wikiversity for the topic development and book chapter assessment exercises and
- develop a multimedia recording
- complete the quizzes
- access support for completing the assessment exercises
Take-home messages:
- Motivation and emotion has evolved from grand theories to mini-theories which exhibit some common themes
- A wiki is the simplest collaborative platform - anyone can edit to share knowledge
Outline[edit | edit source]
Motivation in historical perspective
- Philosophical origins
- Grand theories
- Will
- Instinct
- Drive
- Rise of mini-theories
- Active nature of the person
- Cognitive revolution
- Socially relevant questions
- Contemporary era
- Reemergence of motivation study (1990s)
- Brief history of emotion study
Assessment task skills
- Topic selection
- Topic development
- Book chapter
- Multimedia presenation
- Quizzes
Assessment examples[edit | edit source]
See examples of high quality major project submissions for:
Multimedia[edit | edit source]
- Instinct theory, the power of motivation (CrashCourse Psychology #17, YouTube; 2:09 mins): Introduces motivation by explaining instinct theory
- Drive theory, the power of motivation (CrashCourse Psychology #17, YouTube; 2:09 mins): Introduces motivation by explaining drive theory
- A vision of students today (YouTube; 4:44 mins): Explores some reasons behind why are approaching the assessment this way
- Wikis in plain English (Commoncraft; 3:53 mins) explains the concept of a wiki and how it works
- Wikipedia - An investment for your future; your children's future (YouTube; 4:10 mins) explains the purpose of Wikipedia
Readings[edit | edit source]
- Chapter 02: Motivation in historical perspective (Reeve, 2018)
- Assessment
- Wikiversity skills
- Using generative AI
Slides[edit | edit source]
- Historical development (Google Slides)
- Assessment skills (Google Slides)
See also[edit | edit source]
- Lectures
- Introduction (Previous lecture)
- Brain and physiological needs (Next lecture)
- Tutorials
- Wikipedia
- Book chapters
- Drive-reduction theory of motivation (Book chapter, 2017)
Recording[edit | edit source]
- Lecture 02 (2023)