PSYC 4750

This course provides an in-depth examination of motivation and emotion- the neurocognitive mechanisms and corresponding subjective feelings that focus thoughts and behaviours in an adaptive way toward some objects and events in the environment and away from others. The course material and assignments will cover what is known about motivation and emotion from research in the fields of biological, cognitive, and/or social psychology, emotion theory, and cognitive-affective neuroscience. [Restriction(s): Restricted to students in BAH.PSYC, BAH.PSYC:C, BSCH.NEUR, BSCH.NEUR:C, or MIN.NEUR with a minimum 70% cumulative average in Psychology courses.][Department(s): Department of Psychology]