PSY 222
Motivation Theories and Applications in Psychology
James Shah
Description from DukeHub
An overview of the concept of motivation and its use in psychological theory and research. This survey course will examine psychological theory and research on core human motives, such as needs for autonomy, competence, and belonging and the role they may play in determining self-regulation, behavior, and emotional experience. In doing so, this course will also consider how motivations are addressed both deliberately and automatically, through goal setting and goal pursuit and the implications for understanding situational influences, individual difference and psychological well-being.
Skills
No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.
AI-resilient: 0 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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