Instruction
Provide an explanation of how the information presented in this course might be applied to future research and contributions as a scholar-practitioner who effects social change.
The study of motivation within the field of psychology is a very broad topic, with many different applications. Reflect back on all of the theories of motivation that you explored throughout the course, and all of the motivational studies that you encountered in the Learning Resources. Consider whether and how motivation interests you and how you might apply information presented in the course to future research and contributions to social change. Research in the field of motivation is ongoingit may be you who makes the next contribution to understanding human motivation.
Article: Bargal, D. (2006). Personal and intellectual influences leading to Lewin's paradigm of action research: towards the 60th anniversary of Lewins action research and minority problems (1946). Action Research, 4(4), 367388.
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Article: Louis, W. R. (2009). Collective actionand then what? Journal of Social Issues, 65(4), 727748.
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Article: van Zomeren, M., & Spears, R. (2009). Metaphors of protest: A classification of motivations for collective action. Journal of Social Issues, 65(4), 661679.
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