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 MPTUO1a: Unit 7 Study Guide
Week 12 / Unit 7

Review this study guide for Week 12 / Unit 7 of the Introduction to Psychology course.

Unit 7 Study Guide

The following outline includes topics based on APA National Standards for the study of emotion and motivation. Use these standards as a checklist to make sure you’ve mastered this unit.

  Emotion Study Guide

• Perspectives on emotion
  • 1.1 Explain the biological and cognitive components of emotion.
  • 1.2 Discuss psychological research on basic human emotions.
  • 1.3 Differentiate among theories of emotional experience.
• Emotional interpretation and expression
  • 2.1 Explain how biological factors influence emotional interpretation and expression.
  • 2.2 Explain how culture and gender influence emotional interpretation and expression.
  • 2.3 Explain how other environmental factors influence emotional interpretation and expression.
• Domains of emotional behavior
  • 3.1 Identify biological and environmental influences on the expression and experience of negative emotions, such as fear.
  • 3.2 Identify biological and environmental influences on the expression and experience of positive emotions, such as happiness.

  Motivation Study Guide

• Perspectives on motivation
  • 1.1 Explain biologically based theories of motivation.
  • 1.2 Explain cognitively based theories of motivation.
  • 1.3 Explain humanistic theories of motivation.
  • 1.4 Explain the role of culture in human motivation.
• Domains of motivated behavior in humans and non-human animals
  • 2.1 Discuss eating behavior.
  • 2.2 Discuss sexual behavior and orientation.
  • 2.3 Discuss achievement motivation.
  • 2.4 Discuss other ways in which humans and non-human animals are motivated.

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