Motivation and emotion/Lectures/Historical development and assessment skills
Lecture 02: Historical development and assessment skills
This is the second lecture for the motivation and emotion unit of study.
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Overview
[edit | edit source]This lecture:
- Provides a historical context about the development of psychological motivation and emotion knowledge
- Explains the assessment, including how to:
- use Wikiversity for the:
- 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
- People
- Ancient Greeks
- 16th century
- 18th-20th century
- Theories
- Book chapters
- Drive-reduction theory of motivation (Book chapter, 2017)
Recording
[edit | edit source]- Lecture 02 (2024)