Motivation and emotion/Book/2025/Neuroscience of interest

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Overview

Figure 1. What image could illustrate the scenario or the topic?
Imagine this ... (or some other lead-in)

Start with an engaging scenario or case study which illustrates the problem and engages reader interest.

Include an image and cite it (e.g., see Figure 1).

Present the scenario in a feature box. To change the feature box colour:

  1. Edit source
  2. Change theme=3 to another number

The Overview section should:

  • Present a scenario/case study in a feature box with an accompanying image to engage reader interest
  • Explain the problem and why it is important
  • Outline how psychological science can help
  • Present focus questions in a feature box

Suggested word count for the Overview: 180 to 330 words.

This topic development template provides key headings, examples, and tips which can be gradually removed as the chapter develops.

Tutorial 02 will explain more about how to edit.

It is OK to retain some of this generic content for the topic development exercise, but it should be removed for the final book chapter.

The key explanatory documents are the:

Focus questions: Break the problem (i.e., the sub-title) down into three to five focus questions. Focus questions can also be used as top-level headings.

  • What is the first focus question?
  • What is the second focus question?
  • What is the third focus question?

Ask open-ended focus questions. For example:

  • Is there a relationship between motivation and success? (closed-ended)
  • What is the relationship between motivation and success? (open-ended)

Headings

  • Create three to six major headings tailored to the topic inbetween the standard Overview and Conclusionsections
  • Sub-headings for these sections can also be used, but:
    • avoid having sections with only one sub-heading
    • provide an introductory paragraph before breaking into sub-sections

For each heading/sub-heading:

  • Provide at least three bullet-points, including for the Overview and Conclusion
  • Include key citations

Figures

Figure 2. Example of an image with a descriptive caption.
  • Use figures to illustrate concepts, add interest, and to serve as examples
  • Figures can show photos, diagrams, graphs, video, audio, etcetera
  • Embed figures throughout the chapter, starting with the scenario in the Overview section
  • Caption figures (use Figure #. and explain the relevance of the image to the text)
  • Images must be embedded from Wikimedia Commons
  • Images can also be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons if they are openly licensed
  • Cite each figure at least once in the main text (e.g., see Figure 2)

Learning features

Interactive learning features help to bring online book chapters to life and can be embedded throughout the chapter.

Scenarios
  • Scenarios, case studies, or examples describe concepts in action
  • Can be real or fictional; if real, provide citations
  • Can be split into multiple boxes throughout a chapter (e.g., to illustrate different theories or stages)
  • Present using feature boxes

Feature boxes
  • Highlight key content using feature boxes, but don't overuse feature boxes, otherwise they lose their effect
  • Consider using feature boxes for:
    • Scenarios, case studies, or examples
    • Focus questions
    • Tips
    • Quiz questions
    • Take-home messages
Embedded links
  • When key words are introduced, use interwiki links to:
    • Wikipedia articles (e.g., "An early psychological view dreams) of dreams was provided by Sigmund Freud".)
    • Related book chapters (e.g., "If you're feeling stuck, check out the chapter about writer's block".)
Tables
  • Use to organise and summarise information
  • Tables should be captioned
  • Cite each table at least once in the main text (e.g., see Table 1)
  • Example 3 x 3 tables which could be adapted

Table 1. Descriptive Caption Which Explains The Table and its Relevant to the Text - Johari Window Model

Known to self Not known to self
Known to others Open area Blind spot
Not known to others Hidden area Unknown
Quizzes
  • Using one or two revision questions per major section is better than a long quiz at the end
  • Quiz conceptual understanding, rather than trivia
  1. The best quiz questions are about important information take-home messages
  • The best quiz questions are simple rather than hard
  • Different types of quiz questions are possible; see Quiz

Example simple quiz questions. Choose your answers and click "Submit":

1

Quizzes are an interactive learning feature:

True
False

2

Long, complex quiz questions are a good idea:

True
False


Conclusion

  • The Conclusion is arguably the most important section
  • Suggested word count: 150 to 330 words
  • It should be possible for someone to only read the Overview and the Conclusion and still get a good idea of the problem and what is known based on psychological science

See also

This section provides internal (wiki) links to the most relevant Wikiversity pages (esp. related motivation and emotion book chapters) and Wikipedia articles. Use these formats:

References

This section lists the cited references in APA style (7th ed.) or wiki style.

APA style example:

Rosenberg, B. D., & Siegel, J. T. (2018). A 50-year review of psychological reactance theory: Do not read this article. Motivation Science, 4(4), 281–300. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000091

Sacks, O. (1985). The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical tales. Harper & Row.

Provide external links to highly relevant resources such as podcasts and videos, news articles, and professional sites. Use sentence casing. For example:

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