THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTION: INTRAPERSONAL, INTERPERSONAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

Course Information
TitleTHE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTION: INTRAPERSONAL, INTERPERSONAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES / THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTION: INTRAPERSONAL, INTERPERSONAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
CodeΨΥ-689
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolPsychology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600021518

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos PSychologías (2017-sīmera)

Registered students: 48
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses635

Class Information
Academic Year2023 – 2024
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600242780
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Students should have a good command of English tailored for Psychological and Behavioral Science studies.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course and via successful participation in the course the student will be in a position to: - Evaluate the main theoretical frameworks with which social psychologists have described and explained emotion as an intrapersonal, interpersonal and intercultural phenomenon. - Critically examine primary debates regarding the structure and function of emotion at different levels of analysis. - Analyse the role of conscious and unconscious emotion in social behaviour (particularly in relation to personality research, research on interpersonal relationships). - Critically evaluate the main methods of assessing emotion in social behaviour. - Be aware of cross-cultural differences and similarities in the functions and processes of emotion. - Be familiar with some of the advanced methodologies and analytical approaches that allow research into emotion as a dyadic and cross-cultural phenomenon (e,g, dyadic analyses, multi-level analyses)
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The role of emotion in the development of social psychology Early and modern approaches to emotion Emotion and levels of analysis of social behaviour Emotional intelligence: intrapersonal and interpersonal processes Regulation of emotion: Individual processes Interpersonal regulation of emotion Adult attachment and emotion in interpersonal interaction Facial expression of emotions: internal feelings or intentions? Empathy: The concept and its measurement Context and the perception of facial emotion expressions Culture and emotion
Keywords
Emotion, Affect, interpersonal processes, culture
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Multimedia
  • Articles, websites
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures451.7
Seminars140.5
Reading Assigment140.5
Project251.0
Written assigments240.9
Exams100.4
Total1325.1
Student Assessment
Description
10% In-class written exam on the basis of presentation - week 3 40% Essay/Report 1: Critical appraisal of recent research in the area of emotion (1800 words) - week 6 40% Essay/Report 2: Debate of a theoretical-methodological issue (1800 words) - week 11 10% In-class written exam on the basis of presentation- Week 11
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
P. M. Niedenthal, S. Krauth-Gruber, & F. Ric (2014). Ψυχολογία του συναισθήματος: Διαπροσωπικές, βιωματικές και γνωστικές προσεγγίσεις. Αθήνα: Τόπος Στη σειρά: «Αρχές Κοινωνικής Ψυχολογίας» Psychology Press’που επιμελείται ο Prof. Arie Kruglanski. Van Kleef, G. (2016). The interpersonal dynamics of emotion. Cambridge: CUP Parkinson, B., Fischer, A., & Manstead, A. (2005). Emotion in Social Relations. Cambridge: CUP. Lewis, M., Haviland-Jones, M., & Feldman-Barrett, L. (2008). Handbook of Emotions (3rd. Ed.). Oxford: OUP. Niedenthal, P. M., Krauth-Gruber, S., & Ric, F. (2006). Psychology of emotion: Interpersonal, experiential, and cognitive approaches. Psychology Press.
Additional bibliography for study
Allen, J. J. B. & Coan, J. A. 2007. The handbook of emotion elicitation and assessment. New York: Oxford University Press. Arnold, M.B. (1960). Emotion and Personality. NY: Columbia University Press. Averill, J. R. (1980). A constructivist view of emotion. In R. Plutchnik and H. Kellerman (Eds.), Theories of Emotion. New York: Academic Press. Coan, J.A. & Allen, J.J.B. (Eds) 2007). Handbook of Emotion Elicitation and Assessment. Oxford: OUP. Crawford, J., Kippax, S., Onyx, J., Gault, U., & Benton, P. (1992). Emotion and gender. Sage. Ekman, P. & Davidson, R. (eds.) (1995). The nature of emotion: fundamental questions. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press. Frijda, N. H. (1986). The Emotions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Gross, J.J. (Ed.) (2007). Handbook of Emotion Regulation. New-York: Guilford. Harré, R & Parrott, W,G. (eds.) (1996). The Emotions: Social, cultural and biological dimensions. London: SAGE. Parkinson, B. (1995). Ideas and realities of emotion. London: Routledge. Parrot, (2003). The Social Psychology of Emotion: A reader. Sage. Russell, J.A. and Fernandez-Dols, J.M. (Eds.) (1997). The psychology of facial expression. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Last Update
15-02-2023