PSYC 5160
Emotion and Cognition
Course Description
The cognition-emotion seminar covers the connection between thinking and feeling in two ways. Part 1 concerns the nature and definition of emotions and the role of cognitive appraisals in their elicitation and intensity. Part 2 concerns the consequences of emotion for cognition, experience, and behavior. Of interest will be such topics as the effects on judgment and decision-making, processing and performance, and memory and attention, and the role of culture.Â