Students will write a 3-page article critique to describe applications of both motivation and emotion to behavior during a social situation.
This assignment provides you with an opportunity to analyze a real-world, peer-reviewed, psychology journal article that contains research examining the social psychology aspects of motivation and emotion. You will then demonstrate your understanding of the article by relating the research and conclusions contained therein.
Begin by visiting the CSU Online Library to locate and choose a journal article in which motivation and emotion are viewed under the lens of social psychology. The article must be peer-reviewed and should be no older than 7 years.
Find a peer-reviewed journal article concerning research that specifically examines motivation and emotion during a social situation. You will be critiquing the article and framing the research and conclusions presented in the article in the context of how they can be applied to behavior and social psychology.
A good place to start your search is the PsycARTICLES database or the Academic Search Ultimate database. You can access these databases from the Databases box on the CSU Online Library homepage.
For assistance in locating your article, you may find the following tutorial How to Find Journal Articles helpful. Additionally, you may find this tutorial How to Search in PsycARTICLES useful.
Once you have chosen your article about motivation and emotion, you will write an article critique that addresses the following elements.
- Explain the research methodology that was used in the study.
- Discuss social factors that influence people or groups to conform to the actions of others.
- Indicate how behaviors and motivation are impacted by the presence of others.
- Indicate the structures of the brain that are involved in emotion and motivation. (If your article does not address this detail, you may need to conduct more research using the CSU Library or other professional resources.)
- Examine the article’s generalizability to various areas of psychology.
In addition, your article critique should clearly identify the article’s premise and present an insightful and thorough analysis. You should use the textbook as second source to support your analysis and to supplement any information that is not contained in the journal article.
I found two articles that I believe will work from our library and you can select which one you think will work for you.
Effects of
achievement motivation, social identity, and peer group norms on
academic conformity.
- Tools for Effects of achievement motivation, social identity, and
peer group norms on academic conformity.
This
study investigated whether academic achievement motivation and social
identity explain variation in children’s conformity to positive
academic behaviors (n = 455 children in grades three through five).
Structural equation…
Subjects:
Motivation
(Psychology); Academic
achievement; Group identity; Age groups; Child psychology; Conformity
Published in:
Social Psychology of
Education, 2013
Database:
Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
By:
Masland, Lindsay C.; Lease, A. Michele
How Emotions Regulate Social Life:
The Emotions as Social Information (EASI) Model
- Tools for How Emotions Regulate Social Life: The Emotions as Social
Information (EASI) Model
The idea
that emotions regulate social interaction is increasingly
popular. But exactly how do emotions do this? To address this
question, I draw on research on the interpersonal effects
of emotions on behavior in personal…
Subjects:
Emotional
expression; Anger; Happiness; Social psychology; Emotion; Emotional states; +4
more
Published in:
Current Directions in
Psychological Science, 2009
Database:
By: