Introduction to Affective Science

2025/2026

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент психологии

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

4-й курс, 2 модуль

Преподаватель

Люсин Дмитрий Владимирович

Course Syllabus

Abstract

"Introduction to Affective Science" is an elective course introducing to the field of affective science and for the Bachelor’s Program "Psychology". Affective science is an interdisciplinary field that comprises studies of emotion and other affective phenomena. It includes psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, artificial intelligence, and other disciplines. The rapid development of this field makes it necessary to know basic theories and main empirical findings. The author and teacher of the course is Dmitry Lyusin, a research fellow of the Laboratory of Cognitive Research of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. He has considerable teaching experience including reading the related courses such as “Psychology of Cognition”, “Affective Modulation of Cognitive Processes”, “Emotion and Cognition”, and “Modern Psychology of Emotion”. The course implements several innovative teaching techniques including group discussions of the cutting-edge research in the field and the development of new experimental designs by students.

Learning Objectives

• Learning objectives of the course “Introduction to Affective Science" are to introduce students to the research on emotion and to show its connections with other branches of psychology and other sciences

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Know basic notions and definitions used in the studies of relationships between emotion and cognition. Know the main theoretical approaches to the conceptualization of human emotion.
• Know the key methods used in the studies of relationships between emotion and cognition.
• Knowledge of the basics of psychometric and cognitive approaches to emotion perception and of the main theoretical ideas of emotional intelligence theories.
• Know the basic experiments and evidence on mood influence on attention. Know the main theoretical accounts of the mood influence on attention.
• Know the basic experiments and evidence on mood influence on judgments. Know the main theoretical postulates of the affect-as-information theory.
• Know the basic experiments and evidence on mood influence on thinking and decision-making. Know the main theoretical accounts of the mood influence on thinking and decision-making.
• Know the basic experiments and evidence on relationships between mood and memory. Know the main theoretical accounts of the relationships between mood and memory.
• Know the main theoretical approaches to emotional regulation. Know basic emotion regulation strategies and their principles.

Course Contents

• Main concepts and theories of affective science
• Methods of emotion induction and assessment
• Mood influence on cognitive processes
• Memory and emotion
• Perception of emotions. Emotional intelligence
• Emotion regulation

Assessment Elements

• Test 1
  Test 1 coveres the first part of the course
• Oral exam
• Paper presentation
  Presentaion of a research paper in a small team of 3 to 5 students
• Class attendance
• Test 2
  Test 2 covers the second half of the course

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 2nd module
  0.06 * Class attendance + 0.4 * Oral exam + 0.06 * Paper presentation + 0.24 * Test 1 + 0.24 * Test 2

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Experiencing emotion : a cross-cultural study, , 2010
• Peter A. Andersen, & Laura K. Guerrero. (1998). Handbook of Communication and Emotion : Research, Theory, Applications, and Contexts. Academic Press.
• Richard J. Davidson, Klaus R. Scherer, & H. Hill Goldsmith. (2003). Handbook of Affective Sciences. Oxford University Press.
• The Cambridge handbook of cognitive science, , 2013

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• 9781351995719 - Niedenthal, Paula M.; Ric, François - Psychology of emotion, 2nd edition - 2017 - Psychology Press - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1511095 - nlebk - 1511095

Authors

• VECHERIN ALEKSANDR VIKTOROVICH
• Liusin Dmitrii VLADIMIROVICH