Teaching Motivation, Emotions and Personality With Movies
Core Concepts to Cover:
- Motivational concepts: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, instincts, drives, optimal arousal
- Hunger and Eating disorders
- Achievement: Self-determination, intrinsic & extrinsic motivators
- Physiology of emotions
- Expression of emotions: Darwin, Elkman
- Theories of emotions: James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schacter-Singer
Core Vocabulary to Cover:
homeostasis
incentive theory
drive reduction theory
emotional intelligence
bulimia nervosa
anorexia nervosa
Teaching Personality Theories With Movies
Core Concepts to Cover:
- Overview of Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory
- Psychodynamic perspective: Freud (psychoanalytic), Jung (analytical), Horney (basic anxiety), Adler (individual psychology)
- Trait perspective: Allport, Cattel, Eysenck five-factor analysis, Myers-Briggs
- Humanist perspective: Maslow (hierarchy of needs), Rogers (self-concept theory)
- Social-cognitive perspective: Bandura (social learning), Rotter (locus of control), Seligman (positive psychology)
Core Vocabulary to Cover:
factor analysis
openness
conscientiousness
extroversion
agreeableness
neuroticism
stability
id
ego
superego
pleasure principle
reality principle
defense mechanisms
archetypes
self-concept
self-actualization
unconditional positive regard
reciprocal determinism
self-efficacy
Movies That Teach About Motivation, Emotion, and Personality:
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Last modified on September 7, 2023