B) Description of individual course units
Course title: Emotion
Name of lecturer: Dr. Konstantinos Kafetsios
Course code: PSY355
Year of study: 3 / 4
Type of course: Laboratory
Semester/trimester: Spring
Level of course: Advanced
Number of credits: 4
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.
Critically consider the primary debates existent in theories of emotion (e.g., cognition vs. affect debate).
Evaluate different perspectives on the role of emotion in the social context.
Analyse the role of conscious and non-conscious emotion in social behaviour (in particular with regard to
personality, clinical and close relationship research).
Critically evaluate the major methods in assessing emotion in social behaviour.
Prerequisites: Social Psychology II : Experimental Social Psychology
Course contents:
Early and more recent theories on Emotion
Basic emotions theory
Emotion: Cognitive or affective processes?
Cognitive approaches to emotion
Affective approaches to emotion
Applications from the Social psychology of emotion
Emotion and interpersonal communication
Emotion and Emotional Intelligence: A critical approach
Recognition of emotion in facial expressions
Expression of emotion
Culture and emotion
Recommended reading:
Kafetsios (2005). Attachment, emotion and close relationships. Athens: Typothito
Parrot, (2003). The Social Psychology of Emotion: A reader. Sage.
Teaching methods:
Lectures
In-class demonstrations of experiments and assessments
Small group collaborative work and presentation
Assessment methods:
Coursework 40%
Written Examination 60%
Language of instruction: Greek