The psychology of agency and control

Presenter: Dr Raj Persaud

Interviewee: Dr Magda Osman

Audio running time: 46 minutes

Credits: 0.5

Learning outcomes

By the end of this podcast, we hope you will have gained an understanding of:

• the psychological processes of agency and control

• the mechanisms we use to help us predict, plan for and attempt to control the future

• the experimental evidence regarding depressed peoples' sense of agency and control

• studies regarding the effects of subliminal advertising

• the relationship between our sense of agency, value system and self-control.

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