Lectures (Video)
- 1. History, Definitions, Big Questions
- 2. Evolutionary Approaches to Emotion 1
- 3. Evolutionary Approaches to Emotion 2
- 4. Synthesis of Approaches to Emotion
- 5. The Communication of Emotion
- 6. Bodily Changes and Emotion 1
- 7. Bodily Changes and Emotion 2
- 8. Emotions and the Brain 1
- 9. Emotions and the Brain 2
- 10. Appraisal, Knowledge, Experience 1
- 11. Appraisal, Knowledge, Experience 2
- 12. Development of Emotions in Childhood 1
- 13. Development of Emotions in Childhood 2
- 14. Emotions in Social Relationships 1
- 15. Emotions and Mental Health in Childhood 1
- 16. Emotions and Mental Health in Childhood 2
- 17. Emotions and Mental Health in Adulthood 1
- 18. Emotions and Mental Health in Adulthood 2
- 19. Psychotherapy, Consciousness, and Well-being
Human Emotion
Course Summary
This course is based on Psych 156 Human Emotion, Fall 2007 made available by University of California, Berkeley: Webcast.Berkeley under the Creative commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 license.
This course will examine two different theoretical perspectives on emotion: (1) the differential emotions approach with its strong evolutionary grounding, and (2) the social constructionist approach. Next, the course will investigate empirical research on many facets of emotion including facial expression, physiology, appraisal, and the lexicon of emotion. Finally, we will consider more specific topics including social interaction, culture, gender, personality, and psychopathology.
(Note: Only audio recordings of the lectures are available)
Reading Material
1. Textbook (Berkeley Psych 156): Understandinq EmotionsUnderstandinq Emotions. 2nd Edition. Keith Oatley, Dacher Keltner, & Jennifer M. Jenkins, Blackwell Publishing
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