Advances in Motivation Science

Informationen zum Autor Andrew J. Elliot is Professor of Psychology at the University of Rochester. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994. His research areas include achievement motivation, approach-avoidance motivation, the development of motivation and self-regulation, and subtle cue and context effects on psychological functioning. He has been (or currently is) an Associate Editor at Emotion, Journal of Personality, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Science, and Social and Personality Psychology Compass, and has edited two handbooks: Handbook of competence and motivation (with Carol Dweck) and Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation. He has over 170 scholarly publications, has received research grants from public and private agencies, and has been awarded multiple awards for his research contributions.

List of contents

1. Parsing the role of mesolimbic dopamine in specific aspects of motivation: Behavioral activation, invigoration, and effort-based decision making
John Salamone
2. The allostatic brain: Prediction, affect and motivation
Karen Barrett
3. Egosystem and Ecosystem: Motivational Systems for the Self
Jenny Crocker
4. Self-Control as the Fuel for Effective Self-Regulation at Work: Antecedents, Consequences, and Boundary Conditions of Employee Self-Control
Russell Johnson
5. Self-Efficacy's Role in Unifying Self-Regulation Theories
Jeffrey B. Vancouver
6. The Effects of Variety and Novelty on Physical Activity and Healthy Nutritional Behaviors
Ben Sylvester

Product details

• Authors: Elliot, Andrew J. (EDT) Elliot
• Assisted by: Andrew J. Elliot (Editor), Elliot Andrew J. (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Academic Press London
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.05.2018, delayed
• EAN: 9780128141717
• ISBN: 978-0-12-814171-7
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Advances in Motivation Science; Advances in Motivation Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, Sociology, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, Psychology, Experimental Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychological methodology