Seminar with Angela Duckworth - Eyes on the Prize: Strategic Attention to Rewards Facilitates Self Control in Work Situations
Thu., Nov. 5, 2009
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Guthrie Annex 1 conference room #120
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Event Details
Angela Duckworth is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of the K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to study self-control from the perspectives of economics and psychology. In the past she has acted as a research associate and math teacher, and she also founded the Summerbridge Cambridge Academic Enrichment Program in 1992.
Her visit is made possible by the Allen Edwards Endowed Lectureship in Psychology and The Evergreen School, Shoreline, WA
Yuichi Shoda, host.