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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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Sources
- The American Psychological Association’s Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (APA TOPSS) course template.
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