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Logic of Emotions

Érzelmek logikája
A tantárgyleírás hatályossága
Hatályosság kezdete:
2026. March 21.
Hatályosság vége:
Subject name (Hungarian, English)
Érzelmek logikája
Logic of Emotions
Subject code BMEVITMAK48
Subject type
Training Level
Course types and hours (weekly/semester)
Course type lecture tutorial laboratory
hours (weekly) 2 0 0
type (linked/independent)
Assessment type félévközi érdemjegy
Credits 2
Subject coordinator
Dr. Sallai Gyula Antal
position: egyetemi tanár
Responsible department
Távközlési és Mesterséges Intelligencia Tanszék
Faculty Villamosmérnöki és Informatikai Kar
Subject website
Primary curriculum type
Direct prerequisites – Strong prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Weak prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Parallel prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Milestone prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Exclusion none

Objectives

Programme
1. Psychology as a science and as a humanities. The difficulties and usefulness of psychological experimentation. The concept of expectancy characteristics.

2. Introduction to some classic experiments - how psychology became an experimental science.

3. Replication of classical experiments to control mood. The effect of good and bad mood on thinking.

4. Evidence and limitations of the James-Lange theory.

5. Damasio's experiments. The concept of the somatic marker and its mechanisms of action.

6. Learned emotions. Learned inertia, learned optimism. The positive psychology approach.

7. The structure of motivations. Rat demand curves and Giffen's laws. Human-specific and non-human-specific motivations.

8. Structure of purely human motivations. Relationship to Gödel's theorem. Manifestations of Gödel's theorem in different sciences.

9. Gödelian mechanisms in psychology. The concept of second-order change.

10. The notion of emotional intelligence - and the notion of intelligence in general.

11. The concept, measurement and mechanisms of creativity.

12. The role of emotions in the economy. Predictable irrationality.

13. The structure of economic motivations. Money as a motivator. Work motivations.

14. The logic of emotions: the logic of evolution. Evolution, unlike the engineer, does not plan, but gags. The lovable mess.
Students will be introduced to the basic mechanisms of emotions and their impact on thinking (including pure rational thinking). In addition, the course aims to provide basic "psychological literacy". The major themes of the course are: Basic psychological knowledge. Basic psychological principles.The role of emotions in thinking.   Concepts and measurement of intelligence and emotional intelligence (IQ, EQ). Creativity.The role of emotions in business. Behavioural economics. Business skills and professional business decision makers.

Learning outcomes

Ez a tantárgy a KKK rendeletben meghatározott, következő kompetenciák fejlesztését szolgálja:

Knowledge

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Skills

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Attitudes

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Autonomy and responsibility

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Oktatási módszertan

Lecture

Tanulástámogató anyagok

Online források
There is no compulsory literature. The lectures are based on the lecturer's book of the same title:; Mérő László: Az érzelmek logikája, p. 341. Tericum Kiadó, 2010.;  ; Recommended literature:; Mérő László: Észjárások. Akadémiai Kiadó, Typotex. 1989.Mérő László: Mindenki másként egyforma. Tericum, 1996Mérő László: A pénz evolúciója. Tericum. 2007.Mérő László: Észjárások-Remix. Tericum. 2008.Mérő László: Az elvek csapodár természete. Tericum. 2008. 

Recommended preliminary knowledge for completing the subject

Knowledge type competencies
(azon előzetes ismeretek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)
Basic statistical knowledge
Skill type competencies
(azon előzetes képességek és készségek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)
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Recommended (non-compulsory) preliminary competencies
(azon ajánlott (nem kötelező) előzetesen megszerzendő kompetenciák összessége, amelyek jelentősen hozzájárulnak a tantárgy eredményes teljesítéséhez)
Basic statistical knowledge
General rules
Requirements: During the study period: Successful completion of 2 midterms. The midterm consists of multiple-choice test problems where an incorrect answer is assessed less favourably than no answer. The pass mark is one quarter of the maximum mark. During the examination period: no examination, the subject concludes with a mid-term grade. Preliminary examination: none Method of awarding the grade: based on the sum of the two successful midterm scores. Additional possibilities: During the term both midterms are subject to improvement but only one of them can be improved. There is an additional opportunity to improve the substitutable paper during the week of repeats. In the case of an improvement midterm written for the purpose of correction, the result of the improvement midterm will overwrite the result of the midterm to be improved.
Assessment methods
In-term assessments

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Exam-period assessments

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Grade calculation

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Attendance requirements

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Rules for retake and resubmission

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Short description

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Detailed description

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Recommended courses
No compulsory pre-requisites
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