PSYCH 4840

Goals, Needs, and Desires

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

Covers recent social psychological research on human goals and desires. We will examine the meaning and similarity of the constructs of goals, motivation, desires, wants, and needs. Our discussion will extend to the relevant topics of self-control, free will, nonconscious goal pursuit, liking versus wanting, motivation in nonhuman animals, and the development of goals. We will focus on the social psychological literature, but also will consider recent work in cognitive, social neuroscience, and developmental psychology.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: 15 students, by application.

Distribution Category (SBA-AS)

Comments Co-meets with PSYCH 6840.

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