School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Psychology of Motivation and Emotion
  • Unit Code

    PSY1115
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Craig Andrew HARMS

Description

This unit examines research and theories of motivation and emotion that address the question of why people behave as they do. A range of motivational explanations of behaviour are examined, and the roles of emotional and cognitive processes are considered. The unit includes applications of motivation theory to areas such as work, education, and sport.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded {PSY2301, PSY4301}

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Discuss from a number of theoretical positions and research areas, the factors that initiate, direct, and sustain behaviour.
  2. Account for the role of motivation for explaining behaviour in circumstances linked with health, work and performance as well as well-being.
  3. Outline how the concepts in the unit might be applied to help facilitate optimal health and performance as well as well-being.
  4. Evaluate current research in the psychology of motivation and emotion.

Unit Content

  1. Incentives and external regulation of behaviour.
  2. The role of needs (physiological and psychological) and human behaviour.
  3. Cognitive aspects of motivation, such as task beliefs, goals, the self, and personal growth.
  4. The motivational role of emotions.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 112 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentWritten assignment15%
AssignmentWritten assignment35%
ExaminationEnd-of-semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentWritten assignment15%
AssignmentWritten assignment35%
ExaminationEnd-of-semester examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Schreiber, J. (2018). Motivation 101. New York: Springer Publishing Company. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/965825562

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Psychology of Motivation and Emotion
  • Unit Code

    PSY1115
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Craig Andrew HARMS

Description

This unit examines research and theories of motivation and emotion that address the question of why people behave as they do. A range of motivational explanations of behaviour are examined, and the roles of emotional and cognitive processes are considered. The unit includes applications of motivation theory to areas such as work, education, and sport.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded {PSY2301, PSY4301}

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Discuss from a number of theoretical positions and research areas, the factors that initiate, direct, and sustain behaviour.
  2. Account for the role of motivation for explaining behaviour in circumstances linked with health, work and performance as well as well-being.
  3. Outline how the concepts in the unit might be applied to help facilitate optimal health and performance as well as well-being.
  4. Evaluate current research in the psychology of motivation and emotion.

Unit Content

  1. Incentives and external regulation of behaviour.
  2. The role of needs (physiological and psychological) and human behaviour.
  3. Cognitive aspects of motivation, such as task beliefs, goals, the self, and personal growth.
  4. The motivational role of emotions.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 112 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentWritten assignment15%
AssignmentWritten assignment35%
ExaminationEnd-of-semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentWritten assignment15%
AssignmentWritten assignment35%
ExaminationEnd-of-semester examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Schreiber, J. (2018). Motivation 101. New York: Springer Publishing Company. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/965825562

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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