Goals of the Course:
The
learning objectives of this
course are consistent with
the goals of the
Rutgers-Camden psychology
department. Course
exams are designed to assess
these learning
objectives. Upon
successful completion of
this course you should be
able to:
Explain
what emotions are (What are their
components?)
Explain
when we have emotions (What are their
causes?)
Explain
why we have emotions (What are their
functions?)
Discuss
whether everybody has the same emotions
(Are there developmental, individual,
gender, and/or cultural differences in
emotions?)
Discuss
major causes of emotional problems, and
how they can be overcome (What are the
causes of emotional dysfunction, and how
can emotions be regulated and
controlled?)
GRADING: Your
course grade is based on class
attendance, three exams, and two written
assignments. Exams may test: (a)information in
required readings, whether or not it
is covered in class; and (b)information that is
presented in class, whether or not it
is in required readings. To
help you learn about research
methods used in the study of
emotions,you
may be asked to participate in classroom
exercises or research studies related to
the course material during the semester,
but your participation in such exercises
or studies is completely voluntary: your
grade will not be affectedby
your participating or not
participating in a classroom
exercise or research study.
The
grading for the course will
be: Attendance: 1% of
course grade
Lecture
comprehension
assignment: 9%
Exam
1: 25%
of course
grade
Exam
2:
25% of course
grade
Writing
Assignment:
15% of course
grade
Final
Exam:
25% of course
grade
No exam
grade will be dropped from inclusion in
your course grade. So please make
sure you have kept up with the readings
and are adequately prepared for the first
exam and all subsequent exams.
ABSENCES: You
are expected to come to class, and to
take all scheduled exams. If you
are absent from class due to illness or
for some other legitimate reason, it is
in your best interest to get the notes
from someone in the class, because we
will cover much in class that is not in
the readings. If you are going to
miss an exam, you must let me know in
advanceby
calling me at (856) 225-6341, or by
sending e-mail to
ira.roseman@rutgers.edu
If I am not in, you can leave a message
on my voice mail. If something
happens at the last minute, you still
need to let me know before the start of
the exam.5% will be deducted
from your exam grade if you miss an
exam without letting me know in
advance. Essay makeup exams
will be given in cases of legitimate
absences. All makeup exams in
this course are essay tests.
Obtaining
Course Readings:
Robeson
library is making readings for this course
available electronically. As of Sept. 3, 2019, you should
be able to view and print the first group
of readings by going to
the Rutgers Libraries home page https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/entering HUMAN
EMOTIONS (the course title) as the
search term, and then clicking on COURSE
RESERVES. When the list of
readings appears on your screen, you can
scroll down to the reading(s) you want to
obtain, and click on the Title in
order to view, download, and/or print
them. You
may have to click on LOAD MORE RESULTS at the bottom of the page
to find the reading you want. Note that if the
library has divided a reading into several
parts, you are responsible for reading all
of the parts listed on the syllabus. You
must have Adobe Reader on
the
computer you are using, in order to
download, read, and print the
files. You can download Adobe
Reader for free at https://get.adobe.com/reader/
Warning: You
should be aware that it may take a long
time (e.g., many hours if the
Rutgers computer system is having
operating difficulties) to download and
print the readings. Long delays in
being able to electronically read and
print particular readings are
possible. Robeson library does not
keep paper copies of course readings on
reserve! So you should make every
effort to download and print each reading
sufficiently in advance to allow you
enough time to read and study it. If
you have difficulty printing a readable
copy of any required reading, please let
me know as soon as possible.
Detailed
instructions for finding, viewing, and
printing electronic reserve documents are
given in "Electronic Documents on Reserve,
A User's Guide" at https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/reserve_services
If you are trying
to view, download, or print reserve
documents from home or another off-campus
location, you must first have configured the
computer to gain access to Rutgers library
resources. Instructions for doing so
can be found at https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/how_do_i/connect_from_off-campus
.
If you have difficulty getting electronic
access to reserve materials you can ask a
librarian via e-mail from the libraries web
page, or by phone (856-225-6034) or in
person at Robeson library.
Disability
Services:
Rutgers University welcomes
students withdisabilitiesinto
all of the University's educational programs.
In order to receive consideration for
reasonable accommodations, a student with adisabilitymust
contact the appropriatedisabilityservices
office at the campus where you are officially
enrolled, participate in an intake interview,
and provide documentation:
https://ods.rutgers.edu/students/documentation-guidelines.
If the documentation supports your request for
reasonable accommodations, your campus’sdisabilityservices
office will provide you with a Letter of
Accommodations. Please share this letter with
your instructors and discuss the
accommodations with them as early in your
courses as possible. To begin this process,
please complete the Registration form at
https://webapps.rutgers.edu/student-ods/forms/registration.
You are not
required to do background readings, and you
will not be tested on them. Background
readings are listed to provide an extra
source of information, for students who are
interested in learning more about particular
topics. Both required and background
readings will be on reserve at Robeson
Library. Note that readings may be added or
changed during the semester.
Sept. 3 - 5
Introduction; The
phenomenological component of emotions.
*R
Keltner, D., Oatley, K., &
Jenkins, J. M. (2019).Understanding
emotions (4th
ed.). Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley. (read Chapter
1: Approaches to understanding
emotions).
(B)
Damasio, A. (1994). Descartes' error:
Emotion, reason, and the human brain.
New York: Harcourt Brace. (Chapter 7: Emotions
and feelings)
(B)
Miller, S. (1985). The shame
experience. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates. (pp. 28-70).
Sept. 10 - 12
The physiological
component of emotions
(B)
LeDoux, J. E. (1996). The emotional brain:
The mysterious underpinnings of emotional
life. New York: Simon & Schuster
(Chapter 4: The Holy Grail; Chapter 6: A few
degrees of separation)
*R Keltner, D., Oatley, K., &
Jenkins, J. M. (2019).Understanding
emotions (4th
ed.). Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley. (read Chapter 5: Bodily
changes and emotions).
(B)
Carlson, N. R., & Birkett,
M. A. (2017).Physiology of
behavior (12th
ed.) Boston: Pearson. (Chapter 3 from "The
Forebrain" to the end of the chapter; &
Chapter 11: Emotion
Sept. 17 - Sept.
19 The expressive
component
(B)
Darwin, C. R. (1969). The expression of
the emotions in man and animals. New
York: Greenwood. (original work published
1872) (pp. 27-65, 347-366).
(B)
Ekman, P., & Friesen, W. V. (1975). Unmasking
the face. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall. (pp. 21-65).
*R Keltner, D., Oatley, K., &
Jenkins, J. M. (2019).Understanding
emotions (4th
ed.). Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley. (read Chapter 4:
Communication of emotions).
Sept. 24
- 26 The behavioral
component
*R
Frijda, N. H. (1986). The emotions.New York:
CambridgeUniversity
Press. (pp. 69-90)
(B)
Blanchard, D. C., Hynd, A. L., Minke, K. A.,
and Blanchard, R. J. (2001). Human defensive
behaviors to threat scenarios show parallels
to fear- and anxiety-related defense
patterns of nonhuman mammals. Neuroscience
and Biobehavioral Reviews, 25, 761-770.
(B)
Potegal, M. (2010). The temporal dynamics of
anger: Phenomena, processes, and perplexities.
In M. Potegal,
G. Stemmler, & C. Spielberger (Eds.), International
handbook of anger (pp.
385-401). New York: Springer..
Oct. 1 The motivational
component
(B)
Tomkins, S. S. (1970). Affect as the primary
motivational system. In M. B. Arnold
(Ed.), Feelings
and. emotions:
The Loyola Symposium (pp. 101-110). New
York: Academic Press
(B)
Izard, C. E. (1991). The psychology of
emotions. New York: Plenum (pp. 89-130).
*R
Roseman, I. J., Wiest, C., & Swartz, T.
S. (1994). Phenomenology, behaviors, and
goals differentiate discrete emotions. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 67,
206-221.
Oct. 3 Exam 1 on readings and
lectures from Sept. 3 to Oct. 1
Oct. 8
The situations in
which emotions occur
(B)
Aristotle (1966). Rhetoric. In Aristotle's
Rhetoric and Poetics (W. R. Roberts,
Trans.). New York: Modern Library. (pp.
90-121). (Original work written c. 350 B.C.)
*R
Rozin, P., Haidt, J., & McCauley, C.
(2016). Disgust. In L. F. Barrett, M.
Lewis, & J. M. Haviland-Jones
(Eds.), Handbook of emotions (4th
ed., pp. 815-834). New York: Guilford
Press.
(B) Keltner, D., Oatley, K., &
Jenkins, J. M. (2019).Understanding
emotions (4th
ed.). Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley. (Chapter 2: Evolution of
emotions).
*R
Cornelius, R. R. (1996). The science of
emotion: Research and tradition in the
psychology of emotion. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. (read pp. 112-148:
Feeling is thinking: The cognitive
perspective)
(B)
Roseman, I. J., & Smith, C. A. (2001).
Appraisal theory: Overview, assumptions,
varieties, controversies. In K. R. Scherer, A.
Schorr, & T. Johnstone (Eds.), Appraisal
processes in emotion: Theory, methods,
research (pp. 3-19). New York: Oxford
University Press.
(B)
Frijda, N. F. (2007). The laws of emotion.
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. (chapter 4: Appraisal,
pp. 93-121)
Oct. 17 - 22
The effects of
emotions
(B)
Clark, M. S., & Isen, A. M. (1982). Toward
understanding the relationship between feeling
states and social behavior. In A. Hastorf
& A. M. Isen (eds.) Cognitive social
psychology. New York: Elsevier North
Holland.
*R
Salovey, P., Detweiler,
J. B., Steward, W. T., & Bedell, B. T.
(2001). Affect and health-relevant cognition.In J. P.
Forgas (Ed.) Handbook
of affect and social cognition (pp.
344-368). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
(B)Lerner,
J. S., Gonzalez, R. M., Small, D. A., &
Fischhoff, B. (2003). Effects of fear and
anger on perceived risks of terrorism: A
national field experiment. Psychological
Science, 14, 144-150.
Oct. 24 - 29 The functions of
emotions
*R
Ekman, P., & Davidson, R. (Eds.). (1994).
The nature of emotion: Fundamental
questions. New York: Oxford University
Press. (read pp. 99-139)
(B) Keltner, D.,
& Haidt, J. (1999). Social functions of
emotions at four levels of analysis. Cognition
and Emotion, 13, 505-522.
(B)Fredrickson,
B. L. (2005).The broaden and build theory of
positive emotions. In F. A.
Huppert, N. Baylis, & B. Keverne (Eds.) The
science of well-being (pp. 217-238).
New York: Oxford University Press..
Oct. 31 - Nov. 5 The structure of
emotions
*R
Plutchik, R. (1984). Emotions: A general
psychoevolutionary theory. In K. R. Scherer
and P. Ekman (Eds.) Approaches to
emotion (pp. 197-219). Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.
(B)
Russell, J. A. (2003). Core affect and the
psychological construction of emotion. Psychological
Review, 110, 145-172.
(B)
Roseman, I. J. (2011).
Emotional behaviors, emotivational goals,
emotion strategies: Multiple levels of
organization integrate variable and consistent
responses. Emotion Review, 3, 434-443.
Nov. 7
Exam 2 on readings and
lectures from Oct. 8 - Nov. 5
Nov. 12 - 14
Emotional development
(B)
Kagan, J. (2003). Behavioral inhibition as a
temperamental category. In R. J. Davidson
&. K. R. Scherer & H. H. Goldsmith
(Eds.), Handbook of affective sciences (pp.
8-24). New York: Oxford University
Press.
(B)
Fernyhough, C. (2008) A
thousand days of wonder. New
York: Penguin. (Chapter 3: Blooming, buzzing:
First impressions of the newborn.)
*R
Keltner,
D., Oatley, K., &
Jenkins, J. M. (2019). Understanding
emotions (4thed.). Hoboken,
NJ: Wiley. (read chapter 8: Development of
emotions in childhood)
Nov. 19 - 21
Individual, gender,
and cultural differences
*R
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R.
(2003). The attachment behavioral
system in adulthood - Activation,
psychodynamics, and interpersonal
processes. Advances in
Experimental Social Psychology, 35,
56-152. (read pp. 56 - 88)
(B)
Brody, L. R., Hall, J. A., & Stokes, L. R.
(2016). Gender and emotion: Theory, findings,
and context. In L.
F. Barrett, M. Lewis, & J. M.
Haviland-Jones (Eds.), Handbook of
emotions (4th ed., pp. 369-392).
New York: Guilford Press.
(B)
Shiota, M. N., & Kalat, J.
W. (2018). Emotion (3rd ed.). New
York: Oxford. (Chapter 3: Culture and emotion)
Nov. 26 -Dec. 3
Emotional dysfunction
(B)
Beck, A. T. (1976). Cognitive
therapy and the emotional disorders. New
York: International Univ. Press. (pp. 76-101)
*R
Keltner, D., Oatley, K., &
Jenkins, J. M. (2019). Understanding
emotions (4th ed.). Hoboken,
NJ: Wiley. (chapter 13: Emotional disorders
in adulthood).
(B)
Jamison, K. R.
(1995). An
unquiet mind. New York: Knopf. (pp.
9 - 40: The wild blue yonder)
Dec. 5 - 10
The regulation and
control of emotions
*R
Carlson, J. G., & Hatfield, E. (1992). Psychology
of emotion. New York: Harcourt, Brace,
Jovanovich. (Chapter 14, "Dealing with
Emotions" pp. 517-564)
(B)
Grewal, D., & Salovey, P. (2005). Feeling
smart: The science of emotional intelligence.
American Scientist, 93, 330-339.
(B)
Gross, J. J., Richards, J. M., & John, O.
P. (2006). Emotion regulation in everyday
life. In D. K. Snyder, J. A. Simpson, & J.
N. Hughes (Eds.). Emotion regulation in
couples and families: Pathways to
dysfunction and health (pp. 13-35).
Washington DC: American Psychological
Association.
Dec. 19 (Thursday,
11:30am - 2:20pm) Exam 3 on
readings and lectures from Nov. 12 - end of
term. (NOTE:
YOU MUST be in the classroom at 11:30am
in order to take the
final exam. Latecomers will not
be permitted to take it.)
