Motivation and emotion/Topics

Motivation (Wikipedia)
Functional approach to motivation: Discuss Clary & Snyder's Volunteer Functions Inventory and their conceptual model of volunteer motivations.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs: Discuss the model, background, strengths and weaknesses of Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Spiritual/religious motivation
University student motivation: Discuss the research literature about the motivations of students to attend university and what is known about the possible consequences of different levels of emotion (e.g., on academic performance)

Core emotions
Empathy
Goal-setting
Feedback
The role of affect in learning - How do our emotions affect what and how we learning? For example, see Cognition, affect, and learning: The role of affect in learning (Barry Kort, Google Knol)