PSA 6485 - Social Motivation

Institution:

Yeshiva University

Subject:

General Psychology

Description:

Review of theories of motivation: Freud and the neo-Freudians—etiology; Skinner and the behaviorists; Maslow and Rogers; Sartre and Merleau-Ponti; Lewin, Heider, and Field theory; sociological and anthropological theories; Goffman, Weber, Levi-Strauss, Marx; a phenomenological-descriptive theory that can serve as a framework for understanding motives; relationships between motives and causes; motives and emotions; motives and ability; motives and “will”; motives and conflict psychopathology.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.yu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 960-5400

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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