PSX_512 Human Nature: Key Studies in Psychology
LECTURE 2: Emotion, motivation, and regulation of behaviour
The main thing to remember: For optimal functioning, change needs to be possible but difficult ;-)
Please make sure you watch the "Marshmallow Test" video before taking the quiz.
The other videos are optional but interesting ;-)
To download the PowerPoint presentation for this week, scroll down to the end of this module.
Silvia Barcellos on the Standford Marshmallow Test
The suspension bridge experiment: Misattribution of arousal
Roy Baumeister on "the science of willpower" (optional)
Dan Ariely on delay of gratification (optional)