Motivation

Harvard Extension School

PSYC E-1508

Section 1

CRN 16739

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This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of motivation. It is designed to help students understand what motivation is, how it relates to needs, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors. It also covers how to assess and intervene to help people achieve goals effectively. Students learn the different types of motivation, what shapes it, how to assess and measure it, how to make a theoretical formulation on where people are in their readiness for change, how to foster motivation through intervention such as motivational interviewing, and how to promote motivation on an individual and systems level. This course is led by a practicing clinical psychologist and the semester is viewed through the lens of application. Students walk away understanding what to look for, how to ask questions and assess, how to formulate an understanding of an individual's motivation to change, what tools to use, and how to think about motivation on an individual and systems level. Theory of change is touched upon as well.

Instructor Info

Bobbi Wegner, PsyD

Adjunct Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education


Meeting Info

M 12:30pm - 2:30pm (9/3 - 12/21)

Participation Option: Online Asynchronous or Online Synchronous

In online asynchronous courses, you are not required to attend class at a particular time. Instead you can complete the course work on your own schedule each week.

Deadlines

Last day to register: August 29, 2024

Additional Time Commitments

Optional sections to be arranged.

Notes

This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.

Syllabus

All Sections of this Course

CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
16739 1 Online Asynchronous, Online Synchronous Roberta Wegner Open M 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Sep 3 to Dec 21
25117 1 Online Synchronous Cynthia Meyersburg Waitlisted M 7:40pm - 9:40pm
Jan 27 to May 17