Motivation and Emotion (7124.4)

Required texts

Reeve, J. (2018). Understanding motivation and emotion (7th ed.). Wiley. Available as paperback and e-book. The School Locker. UC Library.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Extensions for this unit
Submit all extension requests for this unit using the online form in Assignments section of the unit's UCLearn site.

Major project
The major project provides a scaffolded "capstone" experience and consists of four parts:

• topic selection
• topic development
• book chapter
• multimedia presentation

This project helps students to bring together and demonstrate their applied psychology knowledge and skills to produce useful real-world resources. 

Consider adding this work to your resume and showcasing it in your ePortfolio.

Alternative assessment

The major project (topic development, book chapter, and multimedia presentation) assessment exercises use collaborative, online, public platforms, including Wikiversity. Use anonymous accounts if you have privacy concerns. Students own the copyright to their work. Contributing to Wikiversity requires Creative Commons Sharealike 4.0 licensing of that material.

Alternative assessment which satisfies the learning outcomes and graduate attributes may be negotiated with the unit convener where reasonable grounds are presented. In the absence of email communication to the unit convener requesting alternative assessment, it is assumed that participation in the standard assessment exercises is willingly undertaken. The onus is upon the student to negotiate alternative assessment.

Final marks

Partial final marks will be rounded to the nearest whole. For example:

• less than or equal to 64.49% will be rounded down to 64%
• greater than or equal to 64.50% will be rounded up to 65%

Special assessment requirements

Evidence of completion of the Academic Integrity Module in the current calendar year is required in order to pass the unit.

Using generative AI

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools can aid but should not replace independent thinking. If using genAI tools for the major project (topic development, book chapter, multimedia presentation), acknowledge its use, fact check, and revise/rewrite. Acknowledgement is not required for low-level tasks such as improving spelling, grammar, and quality of written expression.

You are responsible for content you submit. Be aware of limitations of genAI tools such as inaccuracies, biases, and incomplete content. GenAI tools work best for topics you already understand, with carefully crafted prompting based on peer-reviewed research. Refine prompts for better results and fact-check generated content. Despite the risks, genAI tools can aid brainstorming, concept explanation, synthesis of ideas, and improve the readability and quality of written expression.

If you are unsure, post to the discussion forum, so we can all learn together.

For more information, see the detailed genAI guidelines.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

This table estimates the time required to complete the major activities in this unit. Plan to allocate approximately 10 hours per week over 15 weeks.

Participation requirements

Engagement by attending lectures and tutorials is strongly recommended but is not compulsory. 

Non-engagement is likely to make successful completion of the assessment items more difficult because:

• Lectures discuss content which is assessed in the quizzes.
• Tutorials develop skills directly related to the major project (topic development, book chapter, and multimedia presentation) assessment exercises.

Required IT skills

Required IT skills (wiki editing and multimedia recording) will be taught in the unit.

In-unit costs

• Reeve (2018) textbook (~168 AUD hard copy, ~76.00 AUD e-book purchase, ~40 AUD e-book rent). The School Locker. UC library has 3 hard copies and 3 e-books.
• Audio headset (~30 AUD) - recommended for participating in virtual tutorials and recording the Multimedia Presentation

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

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