Module PY1701-KP04

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

normally each year in the summer semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Psychology 2027, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2016, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2020, optional subject, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• Emotion Psychology (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 30 hours in-classroom work
• 90 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Topics and methods of emotion psychology
• Emotion and hormones
• Connection between emotion and motivation
• Current research and debates in emotion psychology

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students can understand and critically reflect on original literature from emotional psychological research.
• They develop their own questions on the topics of emotion psychology.
• Students can understand and discuss connections between biology and emotional experience.
• Students possess skills in independent literature research.
• The students deepen their skills in the presentation and discussion of scientific studies.

Grading through:

• attendance, >90%

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Krämer

Teacher:

• Institute of Medical Psychology
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Krämer

Literature:

• Original literature will be made available in the seminar. :

Language:

Notes:

Last Updated:

12.11.2025