2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Sep 27, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog
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PSY 311 - Motivation

Factors controlling initiation, direction, intensity of goal-directed behavior in humans and non-human animals. Selected theories, current research. Prerequisites: PSY 101, three additional credit hours in psychology. Fulfills: LASR. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Describe motivation from a biopsychosocial, interactionist perspective.
  2. Summarize the major theoretical perspectives in the study of motivation; define the major principles and terminology of each and explain the strengths and weaknesses of each major perspective.
  3. Recognize the process of the scientific method and the types of research methods used in the study of motivation.



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