Psychology 319EM - Emotions

What are emotions, and how should we think about them? How are our emotional experiences related to our actions within the social realm? This course will attempt to address these questions and investigate the functionality of emotions in our relationships and in our lives more generally. We'll cover classic and contemporary emotion theories and consider recent work addressing the usefulness of emotions like gratitude, disgust, pride, jealousy, happiness, and anger.

Prereq: Psychology 200.