My favorite undergraduate professor, advisor, and man I made laugh once in a humanistic psychology class has passed away. His work on human motivation was a huge reason I went to Rochester and majored in psychology. It remains my favorite psychology theory to this day. Rest in peace, Ed. Thanks for your work and your time.
Edward Deci, pioneering psychologist who transformed thinking around human motivation, remembered
University of Rochester psychologist Edward Deci cofounded the influential Self-Determination Theory.
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