Course Schedule
(Subject to change)
Week 1
January 23: Introduction to the course
January 25: What is an emotion?
Read: OK&J Chapter 1
Week 2
January 30:Methods: Emotion Measurement and Manipulation
February 1: The Function and Evolution of Emotions
Read: OK&J Chapter 2 & 5
Week 3
February 6: The “Basic” Emotions
February 8: The "Basic" Emotions (cont'd)
Read: OK&J Chapter 4 & 7
Week 4
February 13: Emotional Development
February 15: Culture and Emotion Pt. I
Read: OK&J Chapter 8 & 12
Week 5
February 20: Culture and Emotion Pt. II
February 22: First Exam
Read: OK&J Chapter 3 (Included in Exam 1)
Week 6
February 27: Individual Differences
February 29: Emotion and Memory
Read: OK&J Chapter 10
Week 7
March 5: Emotion and Judgment (I)
March 7: Emotion and Judgment (II)
Read: OK&J Chapter 13
Week 8
March 12: Good: Emotions as the Foundation of Human Morality
March 14: Evil: The Emotional Roots of Hate, Violence, and Other Bad Things
Read: OK&J Chapter 9
Week 9 No Class-Spring Break
Week 10
March 26: Forgotten topics in emotion research I: Laughter and Humor
March 28: In-class video "The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive"
Read: OK&J Chapter 6
Week 11
April 2: Second Exam
April 4: Forgotten topics in emotion research II: Visceral States
Read: OK&J Chapter 11 (Included in Second Exam)
Week 12
April 9: Emotional Intelligence
April 11: Happiness
Week 13
April 16: Emotion and the Brain
April 18: Disgust
Read: Pinker, Chapter 6 "Hotheads"
Week 14
April 23: In-class video- This Emotional Life Pt. 2
April 25: Affective Primacy (Feeling without Thinking)
Week 15
April 30: Grand Conclusions
May 2: No class
Read: OK&J Chapter 14