200002 VO General Psychology II (2023S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 20 - Psychologie

Diese Vorlesung ist nur für Studierende mit Zulassung zum Bachelorstudium Psychologie!

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Veronika Job Sutnar

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The lecture takes place on site. The slides are made available in Moodle.

Monday 06.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 20.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 27.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 17.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 24.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 08.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 15.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 22.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 05.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 12.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 19.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Monday 26.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of this lecture is to acquire an overview of the subject areas of learning, motivation and volition. Topics of the course include fundamental paradigms and theories of classical conditioning and instrumental learning, drive and activation theory approaches of motivational psychology, implicit and explicit motives, expectation-value theories, economic models of utility maximization as well as theories and research in the field of volition and goal-striving.

The contents are presented by means of lectures and supplemented by offers on Moodle (discussion forum, exercises).

Students should acquire the following skills:
- Understands human behavior as a product of their learning history, current environmental conditions and biological processes.
- Describe and explain everyday phenomena (thinking, feeling and behavior of people in everyday life) using technical terms, concepts and theories of learning, motivation and volition psychology.
- Intellectual transfer of basic knowledge from the fields of learning, motivation and volition into relevant other basic subjects (e.g. biological psychology and social psychology) and fields of application (e.g. clinical psychology and industrial and organizational psychology).

Assessment and permitted materials

All 4 exam dates will be held in the same format, online. The exam consists of questions of different formats (e.g. multiple choice, cloze text).
The exam time is 60 minutes.

The first exam (SoSe2023) will take place on: Monday, 26.06.2023, 13:15 - 14:45. The dates for the three following exams are:
05.09.2023, 13:30 - 14:45
15.11.2023, 13:30 - 14:45
24.01.2024, 13:30 - 14:45

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grading
- 1: from 90%
- 2: from 80%
- 3: from 70%
- 4: 60%
- 5: under 60%

Examination topics

Contents of the lecture and additional literature (will be announced in the lecture)

Reading list

Chapter 4 and 5 from: Gluck, M.A., Mercado, E. & Myers, C.E. (2020). Learning and memory. From brain to behavior (4th ed.). New York: Worth Publ.
Section on motivation psychology (chapters 1-9) from: Brandstätter, V., Schüler, J., Puca, R. M., & Lozo, L. (2018). Motivation und Emotion. Wiesbaden: Springer.

Association in the course directory

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