Understanding Motivation and Emotion (3rd)

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-08-01
Publisher(s): JOHN WILEY & SONS
List Price: $97.00

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Summary

Gain a greater understanding of motivation, where it comes from, how and why it changes over time, and how motivation can be increased and its quality enhanced. Learn how to apply the principles of motivation in such settings as schools, the workplace, the athletic field, counseling, and one's own personal strivings. Features: Comprehensive coverage: all aspects of motivation study, including biological, cognitive, social, etc. Practical perspective on motivation study: numerous how-to applications that show how to motivate yourself and others. Clear and concise writing style: translates the research in ways that are easy to understand.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Study of Motivation
1(23)
Motivation in Historical Perspective
24(23)
Part I Needs 47(132)
Physiological Needs
49(34)
Organismic Psychological Needs
83(32)
Intrinsic Motivation and Types of Extrinsic Motivation
115(32)
Acquired Social Needs
147(32)
Part II Cognition 179(124)
Plans and Goals
180(30)
Expectancies
210(35)
Attributions and Values
245(29)
The Self and Its Strivings
274(29)
Part III Individual Differences 303(98)
Personality Characteristics
304(34)
Growth Motivation
338(31)
Unconscious Motivation
369(32)
Part IV Emotions 401(72)
Nature of Emotion
402(34)
Aspects of Emotion
436(37)
Conclusion 473(16)
Conclusion
474(15)
References 489(64)
Credits 553(4)
Name Index 557(16)
Subject Index 573

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