PSYC748M

Seminar in Social Psychology; The Principles of Motivation

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We will review and discuss some seminal classic and contemporary papers on motivation focused concepts such as goals attitudes, and their relation to behavior, the initiation, and maintenance of commitment, Issues in intrinsic motivation, the concept of basic human motives, and the role of motivation in behavioral extremism. Participants will read and comment on major contributions in this domain and will be encouraged to develop their ideas as to the future directions of motivational research in social and general psychology.

Spring 2026

A Kruglanski

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Spring 2025

A Kruglanski

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Past Semesters

A Kruglanski

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A Kruglanski

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Noa Schori

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.65 between 30 students*

PSYC748M Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540455055606570% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 10%
A: 40%
A+: 20%
B: 6.67%
B+: 13.33%
W: 3.33%
other: 6.67%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.