PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION

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Course explores motivation as it relates to performance, achievement, education, learning and the broader topic of motivation and optimal experiences. It includes an overview of motivational theory and what motivation means in relation to human beings in general, and more specifically in the context of achievement and education. It also covers research articles and other sources to explore the efficacy of motivation theories to explain achievement. Theories reviewed include expectancy by value theory, social cognitive theory, intrinsic motivation, attribution theory and achievement theory. It also covers more recent applications of cognitive motivational approaches such as Dweck’s Theory of Intelligence.