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Psychology of motivation
Save Psychology of motivation as an elective interest and include it in an optional learning plan.
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What this course establishes
- Compare multiple motivation mechanisms
- Design a bounded goal and if–then plan
- Interpret a short behavior log without overgeneralizing
Entry knowledge
- Describe an observable behavior without assigning a diagnosis
Scope boundaries
- Does not certify coaching or mental-health practice and does not guarantee behavior change
Fastest competency route
The accelerated route skips only competencies demonstrated on versioned diagnostics; applied analysis and revision remain required.
- Pass mixed-motive, goal-design, and evidence-interpretation diagnostics
- Complete the motivation case lab
- Correct attribution, diagnosis, and guarantee errors before the final assessment
Full self-paced route
- Multiple-motives lesson
- Goals/capability/context lesson
- Test/revise lesson
- Case lab, feedback, revision, and final assessment
Lesson and assessment map
Replace the single-cause story
Compare intrinsic, extrinsic, biological, expectancy, social, and contextual contributors without treating one theory as a universal diagnosis.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Design goals around capability and context
Turn a valued direction into an observable action while separating intention, capability, opportunity, and outcome.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Test a motivational explanation
Collect proportionate evidence, compare alternative explanations, and revise a plan without overgeneralizing from one person or short period.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Required applied assignment
Motivation case and plan revision lab
Analyze a fictional learner’s repeated behavior, develop competing motivational explanations, design a bounded if–then plan, and revise it using a seven-day evidence log.
- Observable behavior and context definition
- Four competing explanations across motive, capability, opportunity, and social context
- Evidence-for/evidence-against table
- Specific action, cue, fallback, and access support
- Seven-day fictional tracking analysis
- Revised explanation and plan with limits
Passing standard: 80 of 100 points, with substantive revision required.
Continue after this course
- Learning psychology
- Organizational behavior
- Health behavior
- Research methods
- Program evaluation