Motivation and Emotion Materials

Course Assignment Aids

• Tips for Studying
  
• Tips for Note-taking
  
• Tips for Taking Exams
  
• APA Style crib sheet
• General Primer on APA Style
  

Portfolio Assignments

• Assignment Descriptions
• SamplePaper for Psy412.

Motivation/Emotion-related Links

• Psych Central: Usenet, Internet, mailing lists, etc.
  
• Sigmund Freud and the Freud Archives, a collection of links
  
• Sigmund Freud
  
• Ethology on the Web
  
• Sociobiology and Ethology lecture
  
• For examples of application of behavioral theory see my page for my Behavior Modification class
  
• The Kurt Lewin Institute
  
• Kurt Lewin & other theorists
  
• Simplified Summary of Gestalt Theory
  
• Psychological Self-Help: Motivation There is a section discussing application of a number of the theories on expectancy.
  
• A self-scored Locus of Control Scale
  
• Academy of Achievement Odd little site with no clear source but provides biographies of and interviews with individuals who have achieved. Also has a list of books that influenced these people.
  
• A Tutorial on Personal Construct Theory of Kelly
  
• Personal Construct Psychology Group in Australasia. Includes a brief description of PC Therapy
  
• North American Personal Construct Network
  
• A Visual Representation of Attribution Theory-- Click on a name and get an example.
  
• Brief Summary of Attribution Theory
  
• Attribution Theory--lots of examples. Does have an error w/re a contrast to behavioral theory-- teachers supposedly administered reinforcement-- but it was noncontingent, therefore it wasn't reinforcement. Ask me if you are confused.
  
• Martin Seligman's Home Page
  
• Seligman Elected APA President
  
• Attribution Theory summary
  
• Feng shui: an Asian approach to motivation
  
• World War II Propaganda Posters. Motivation theory applied to propaganda
  

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