Course: Emotion: Intrapersonal, interpersonal and cultural perspectives

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Course title Emotion: Intrapersonal, interpersonal and cultural perspectives
Course code PCH/EIIC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kafetsios Konstantinos, prof. Ph.D.
Course content
Course Outline PART I: THE INTRAPERSONAL LEVEL OF ANALYSIS 1. Early and contemporary approaches to emotion 2. The structure of emotion 3. Emotion: Comparing Cognitive and affective structures 4. Assessing Individual Differences in Emotion-Cognition links: EI as a concept 5. Affect: Implications for motivation (and decision making) PART II: THE INTERPERSONAL LEVEL: BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND OTHERS 6. Emotion regulation: Individual and interpersonal processes 7. Socio-developmental perspectives on emotion and its regulation 8. Adult attachment and emotion in dyadic interaction 9. Facial emotion expressions 10. On Empathy: The concept, measures PART III: CULTURE AND EMOTION 11. Culture and Emotion: Commonalities and Differences 12. Contextual influences on emotion expression and emotion perception

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Group work
Learning outcomes
1.AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Welcome to the Emotion course. The aim of this course is to deepen your understanding of this area of psychological research and theorizing. The study of emotion has advanced considerably since early theoretical investigations into its nature. Especially developments within different fields of psychology (clinical, social, developmental) point to the importance of research on the nature and function of emotion. The course aims to: a) explore cognitive, behavioral (display), and social facets of intrapersonal emotion, b) to examine recent approaches, that have addressed the interpersonal nature and the social informants of emotional processes. Ultimately, the module aims to demonstrate the close connection between intrapersonal, interpersonal and cultural facets of emotion. By the end of the course and via successful participation in the course you will be in a position to: - Evaluate the major theoretical frameworks in which psychologists have described and explained emotion as a phenomenon that transcends levels of analysis. -Critically consider the primary debates existent in theories of emotion (e.g., cognition vs. affect, categorical vs. dimensional structure, culture vs. biology). -Be aware of differences in the levels of analysis of explaining emotion: intrapersonal, interpersonal, cultural. -Analyze the role of conscious and non-conscious emotion in social behavior (particularly in relation to personality research, research on interpersonal relationships). -Critically evaluate the major methods in assessing emotion in social behavior. -Be aware of the cross-cultural differences and similarities in emotion functions and processes.
Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology Decision-making Working independently Working in an international environment Working in an interdisciplinary environment Production of new research ideas Project planning and management Respect for difference and multiculturalism Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues Criticism and self-criticism Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay

Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Psychology (2019) Category: Psychology courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -