Motivation and emotion/Lectures/Historical development and assessment skills

Lecture 02: Historical development and assessment skills

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This is the second lecture for the Motivation and emotion unit of study.

OverviewEdit

This lecture:

Discusses the historical context and development of psychological motivation and emotion knowledge.
Explains the assessment, including how to:
- use Wikiversity for the topic development and book chapter assessment exercises and
- develop a multimedia recording
- complete the quizzes
- access additional support for completing the assessment exercises

Take-home messages:

What we don't know about motivation and emotion exceeds what we do know
A wiki is the simplest collaborative platform - anyone can edit to share knowledge

Examples of high quality major project submissions for:

The power of motivation (CrashCourse Psychology #17, YouTube; 2:09 mins): Introduces motivation by explaining instinct and drive theory.
A vision of students today (YouTube; 4:44 mins): Explores some of the reasons behind why are approaching the assessment this way.
Wikis in plain English (Commoncraft; 3:53 mins) explains the concept of a wiki and how it works.
Wikipedia - An investment for your future; your children's future (YouTube; 4:10 mins) explains the purpose of Wikipedia.