Power of the Mind: Psychology of Performance

About this course

How do we achieve what we want? Why do we fail? This course explores performance from a psychological perspective in diverse areas such as academics, sports, creative pursuits, work performance, and leadership. Topics to be considered are various theories pertaining to motivation, the role of emotion, personality, and the effect of cultural values and expectations with examples from a Scandinavian context. The benefits of optimal performance and maladaptive responses are explored, and interventions are considered.

Faculty

Meiling Liu

Faculty

Ph.D. in Forensic Psychology (China University of Political Science and Law, 2010). Post Doctorate in Forensic Psychology (Gothenburg University, 2012). Worked as an organizational consultant in areas of leadership and cross-cultural competence training in Sweden. Also has worked as a teacher and researcher at universities in China, and was promoted to the position of associate professor in China. With DIS since 2016.