Week	Date	Topic	Reading (do before class)	Assignments
1	M -- Mar 27	Introduction	Purchase texts
	W – Mar 29	What is emotion?	Blackboard readings 1 & 2
	F – Mar 31	Holiday -- no class
2	M – Apr 3	Past and present theories of emotion	LeDoux, Ch 2 & 3, p 22-72	Quiz on LeDoux Ch 2 & 3
	W – Apr 5	Are there basic emotions?	Blackboard readings 3 & 4 (Shweder & Panksepp)
	F – Apr 7	Mood vs emotion vs temperament	Blackboard readings 5-7 (Davidson, Frijda, Kagan)
3	M – Apr 10	Appraisal theory	Parkinson, Ch 1, p 1-24	Quiz on Parkinson Ch 1
	W– Apr 12	Antecedents of emotion	Blackboard reading 8
	F – Apr 14	Universality vs social construction	Blackboard reading 9
4	M – Apr 17	Emotional meaning across cultures	Parkinson, Ch 2 & 3, p 25-54	Quiz on Parkinson Ch 2
	W – Apr 19	Cultural differences	Parkinson, Ch 3, p 55-86
	F – Apr 21	Norms for emotional disclosure, emotion regulation	Blackboard reading 10 (Wellenkamp)
5	M – Apr 24	Group emotion	Parkinson, Ch 4, p 87-114	Quiz on Parkinson Ch 4
	W – Apr 26	Intergroup emotion	Parkinson, Ch 5, p 115-145
	F – Apr 28	Sociology of emotion (guest lecture by Dr. Cretser)	Blackboard Reading 11
6	M – May 1	Midterm
	W – May 3	Is biology a "holy grail" for emotion?	LeDoux, Ch 4, p 73-103,	Quiz on LeDoux Ch 4
	F – May 5	Evolutionary theories	LeDoux, Ch 5, p 104-137
7	M – May 8	Facial expression and emotion	Parkinson, Ch 6, p 147-178	Quiz on Parkinson Ch 6
	W – May 10	Emotion and interpersonal regulation	Parkinson, Ch 7, p 179-218
	F – May 12	Facial feedback hypothesis	Blackboard reading 12 & 13 (Camras & Zajonc et al.)
8	M – May 15	Emotion and Memory	LeDoux, Ch 6 & 7, p 138-224	Quiz on LeDoux Ch 6 & 7
	W – May 17	Emotion and Cognition	Blackboard reading 14 (Clore)
	F – May 19	Unconscious emotion	Blackboard reading 15 & 16 (Winkielman, Clore)
9	M – May 22	Emotion and Psychopathology	LeDoux, Ch 8, p 225-266	Quiz on LeDoux Ch 8
	W – May 24	Movie -- Fearless
	F – May 26	Movie -- Fearless (cont.)
10	M – May 29	Holiday -- no class
	W – May 31	Animal emotion, robot emotion Reaction Paper on Movie Due	Blackboard reading 17	Quiz on Blackboard Reading 17
	F – Jun 2	No class
Finals Week	M -- Jun 5	Final Exam – 9:10-11:10 am in regular classroom (5-118) -- Research Paper Due