Cognitive and Affective Issues in Psychology

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This course will examine contemporary issues centering on the intersection of emotion, motivation, and cognition. Topics will include basic research from social, cognitive, and neuroscientific perspectives, as well as research relevant to understanding these topics in an applied context. We will examine core topics in which students will be exposed to essential questions and dimensions about: basic emotions; basic emotions and neuroscience; cognitive appraisals; higher-order cognition (interpretation, judgment, decision making and reasoning); unconscious processes; repression-dissociation; the intersection of self, culture, and emotion; emotion and cognition in psychotherapy; and other similar topics. The course will draw upon primary sources, and will be conducted in a composite seminar-lecture style that encourages active student participation in integrating the current literature with individual scholarly interests. Must be a student in the Doctoral Psychology program