Module PY5211-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Entrepreneurship in Digital Technologies 2020, optional subject, interdisciplinary competence
• Master Media Informatics 2020, compulsory, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• Motivation and emotion in HCI (exercise, 1 SWS)
• Motivation and emotion in HCI (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 45 hours in-classroom work
• 105 hours private studies and exercises

Contents of teaching:

• Fundamentals of motivation and emotion psychology
• Methods of emotion psychology
• Motivation as power
• Behavioural Economics (Prospect Theory, Framing, Heuristics, Nudging)
• Emotion theories
• Intrinsic motivation and flow
• Goals, Volition and Action Control

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• The students are able to present theories about motivational processes and to sketch different emotion theories in a comparative way.
• They are able to understand the effect and dynamics of motivation in interacting with technical systems and the use of media.
• They can assess and classify emotional processes in the use of technical systems and media and have methodological knowledge for measuring emotional reactions.

Grading through:

• portfolio exam
• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Franke

Teacher:

• Institute of Human-Centered Interactive Systems
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Franke

Literature:

• V. Brandstätter, J. Schüler, R. M. Puck & L. Lozo : Motivation und Emotion Heidelberg: Springer, 2013
• K. Rothermund & A. Eder : Motivation und Emotion Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2011

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

27.07.2021