Talk:Motivation and emotion/Textbook/Emotion/Anxiety

Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Suzy, Sandra, Brigette, Michelle, Leigh, James and Todd for their support in compiling this chapter. Thanks guys :-) - User:Gajah, Dec 2010

Feedback on draft plan
Wow - this is impressive in scope, ambition and strategy. My main concern would be that it that it's probably overly ambitious for the assessment exercise! (It represents a professional quality, however, that is more than worth aspiring to). On the one hand, this may not mean changing much e.g., go for 5 quiz questions rather than 10 etc. On other other hand, it is probably a comment/reminder to focus on the core objectives (agree about defining the purpose - which I see as explaining and summarising psychological theory and research about anxiety as an emotion). Also perhaps consider psycho-evolutionary theory. It occurred to me that perhaps Parts 1 and 2 might be switched e.g., introducing anxiety in the context of a broader understanding of emotion and perhaps other related emotions, then going on to discuss theories and research about anxiety in the next section, followed by or accompanied by the specific example of PTSD. I like the "arousal" opening - I think that should work well - as should the other attention to orienting the reader. The detailed description of what is intended for each section is also excellent. In addition, the "extra features" are excellent - but I would emphasise the other parts first, and these parts second (e.g., multimedia would be excellent, but can also time be consuming to develop). I hope these thoughts help - inspirational stuff and I'm keen to use this as an example plan for others. Let me know if I can anything else. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 02:31, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Hey, I was just checking out your topic involving emotion-anxiety. I am doing the motivational aspect. I really like your ideas. PTSD, good choice !! Also if you'd like some ideas on symptoms, treatment or anything like that, nightmares, intrusions etc. I may be of some assistance, I've read alot about that some time back. User - Hamish24

Feedback
-- Jtneill - Talk - c 21:59, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) I've added a feature box for the interview with Sandra - how did you get this into screenr!? (I didn't know that was possible).
 * 2) At this stage I've just a quick look through to wikify a few things on your page - I'll come back later to look in more detail at the content, but I think in general the structure is looking clear, disciplined and educational (esp. the recaps and activities).

Feedback
Overall, this chapter is looking pretty solid. The extra resources are excellent and the structure is good. I think Part 1 and 2 could do with some more work since at the moment it mostly consists of somewhat separate one-sentence paragraphs. Mainly, try to explain anxiety as an emotion or in relation to emotion. Otherwise, this is looking like a solid and interesting chapter, with lots of examples and interesting links, side boxes, interactive quizzes etc. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:56, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Introduction
 * 1) Maybe move the first paragraph into the previous section (about PTSD)
 * Objectives
 * 1) Clear; good
 * Part one: Emotion and Anxiety - Emotion
 * 1) Reference four second duration?
 * 2) Good to see the interlinking with the Ekman and facial expression chapters; however, I'm not sure that this is best focus since Anxiety isn't one of his core emotions. Do any of the core/basic emotion models include Anxiety - why or why not? This could help to give more a lead in to the next section. At least perhaps try to be clear - is an anxiety an emotion? a mood? A bit of both? Is it a secondary emotion?
 * 3) Consider, perhaps, what is the opposite of anxiety
 * Part one: Emotion and Anxiety - Anxiety
 * 1) OK - anxiety is explained/defined but maybe just help address the previous question and set up the next section
 * 2) Interesting content, but seems to be a series of somewhat disconnected ideas/sentences.
 * Part two: The Effect of Anxiety on Emotion
 * 1) Interesting content, but seems to be a series of somewhat disconnected ideas/sentences.
 * Part Three: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
 * 1) Effects of PTSD on Emotion - Important stuff, because it connects anxiety and emotion.
 * 2) Section Recap - besides military combat, what other situations could cause PTSD?
 * Activities
 * 1) Activity 1: Maybe tailor to anxiety more specifically (maybe combine with Activity 4)
 * Glossary
 * 1) Good
 * References
 * 1) Good
 * External links
 * 1) Well selected
 * Answers to quizzes
 * 1) Very good
 * Style
 * 1) Fantastic use of additional video material
 * 2) Excellent use of sideboxes to highlight key terms and concepts
 * 3) Use sentence casing for image captions
 * 4) Direct quotes - no italics, use double-quotation marks and cite page #s
 * 5) Remove middle % for "(Fernandez-Dols, Carrera, De Mendoza & Oceja, 2007; & Miyamoto, Ellsworth & Uchida, 2010)."
 * 6) Repeated citations within a paragraph do not include the year, e.g., (DSM-IV-TR, 2009) but then (DSM-IV-TR) in the same paragraph.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 02:57, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:28, 14 December 2010 (UTC)