PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTION (PSYC18) 2009
Course Outline
Professor: Gerald Cupchik
Office: S634
Email: cupchik@utsc.utoronto.ca
Office Hours: Thursdays 10-11 am; 2-3 pm
Phone: 416-287-7467
Teaching Assistant: Michelle Hilscher
Office: S142C
Email: hilscher@utsc.utoronto.ca
Office Hours: Thursdays 10-11 am
Course Website: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~cupchik/psyc18.htm
Textbook: Oatley, Keltner & Jenkins’ (2006, 2nd Ed.) Understanding emotions.
Evaluation:
50% Midterm Multiple Choice Exam (February 26th)
50% Final Multiple Choice Exam
There will be 50 questions on each exam; 25 from the lectures and 25
from the assigned chapters.
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Lecture 10
Lecture 11
Lecture 12
Introduction to Course
Chapter 1 Approaches to understanding emotion
Chapter 2 Evolution of emotions
Chapter 3 Cultural understanding of emotions
Chapter 4 Communication of emotions
Chapter 5 Bodily changes and emotion
Chapter 6 Emotions and the brain
Chapter 7 Appraisal, knowledge and experience
Midterm Exam
Chapter 8 Development of emotions in childhood
Chapter 9 Emotions in social relationships
Chapter 10 Emotions and cognition
Chapter 11 Individual differences & personality
Chapter 12 Emotions & mental health in childhood
Chapter 13 Emotions & mental health in adulthood
Chapter 14 Psychotherapy, consciousness & well-being