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Royal College of Psychiatrists criteria for this topic
Motivation
The candidate should be able to describe needs and drives, including the following theories and forces:
- extrinsic theories and homeostasis
- hypothalamic systems and satiety
- intrinsic theories
- curiosity drive and optimum levels of arousal
- cognitive consistency (NB: usually called 'cognitive dissonance theory')
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Emotion
The candidate should be able to:
- Appraise critically the James-Lange and Cannon-Bard theories of emotional response
- Describe in detail cognitive appraisal, differentiation and status of primary emotions
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Recommended reading
Chapters 10 and 11 of:
- Atkinson, R.L., Atkinson, R.C., Smith, E.E. (1999) Hilgard's introduction to psychology (13th edition). Fort Worth: Harcourt. ISBN 015508044X
The following is a good and concise review of the psychology of emotion, Chapter 3 of:
- LeDoux, J. (1998) The Emotional Brain. New York: Weidenfeld and Nicholson.
The following books are comprehensive and have a lot more detail if needed:
- Brewer, M.B and Hewstone, M. (eds) (2004) Emotion and Motivation. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. - A social psychological perspective on emotion and motivation.
- DeCatanzaro, D.A. (1999) Motivation and Emotion : Evolutionary, Physiological, Developmental, and Social Perspectives. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
- Franken, R.E. (1998) Human motivation (4th ed). Pacific Grove, California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
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