PSY 3109 Social Motivation

3 units
Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Theories of motivation. Emotions as motives and indicators of motivational states. Self-efficacy, success expectancy, and outcome importance in motivated behaviour. Gender differences. Motivational bases of current concerns: obesity, phobias, self-handicapping, over achievement behaviours. Current research in social motivation.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisites: PSY 1101 , PSY 1102 , PSY 2110 .

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Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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