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MPTUO1a: Unit 7 Resources
Week 12 / Unit 7
Review these resources for Week 12 / Unit 7 of the Introduction to Psychology course.
Emotion Resources
UC Berkeley Greater Good Education Articles
The Greater Good Science Center produces a magazine of science-based articles for educators primarily on the topic of emotion and happiness.
Science Brief: Reading Facial Expressions of Emotion
This article describes basic research that has led to training programs that improve people’s ability to detect emotions.
This interactive tool builds your vocabulary of emotions. It represents what researchers have learned from the psychological study of emotion.
This online resource is a brief guide to understanding microexpressions.
Facial Expression Recognition Test
This online test asks you to select the emotion portrayed in the facial expression.
Motivation Resources
Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Animates Us
Animated drawing accompanying lecture by author Daniel Pink. Presented by the Royal Society of Arts. Closed captioning available.
Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality
This APA resource talks about sexual orientation.
Psychological Factors That Guide Behavior
This article defines motivation and its implications psychologically while delving into the individual components of motivation.
This resource describes motivation in depth, along with the factors that impact motives.
Motivation to Learn: An Overview
This source provides a basic understanding of motivation and the way it connects to aspects of psychology such as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Closed captioning not working on all linked videos.
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Sources
- The American Psychological Association’s Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (APA TOPSS) course template.
