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Klappentext The past ten years have seen an explosion of useful research surrounding human motivation and emotion; new insights allow researchers to answer the perennial questions, including "What do people want?" and "Why do they want what they want?" By delving into the roots of motivation, the emotional processes at work, and the impacts on learning, performance, and well-being, the seventh edition of Understanding Motivation and Emotion provides a toolbox of practical interventions and approaches for use in a wide variety of settings. Zusammenfassung The past ten years have seen an explosion of useful research surrounding human motivation and emotion; Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1 Introduction What Is Motivation? Why Is It Important? Motivational Science Two Perennial Questions What Causes Behavior? Why Does Behavior Vary in Its Intensity? Subject Matter Internal Motives External Events and Social Contexts Motivation versus Influence Expressions of Motivation Behavior Engagement Psychophysiology Brain Activations Self-Report Framework to Understand Motivation and Emotion Ten Unifying Themes Motivation and Emotion Benefit Adaptation and Functioning Motivation and Emotion Direct Attention Motivation and Emotion Are "Intervening Variables" Motives Vary Over Time and Contribute into the Ongoing Stream of Behavior Types of Motivations Exist We Are Not Always Consciously Aware of the Motivational Basis of Our Behavior Motivation Study Reveals What People Want To Flourish, Motivation Needs Supportive Conditions When Trying to Motivate Others, What Is Easy to Do Is Rarely What Works There Is Nothing So Practical as a Good Theory Summary Chapter 2 Motivation and Emotion in Historical Perspective Philosophical Origins of Motivational Concepts Grand Theories Will Instinct Drive Rise of the Mini-Theories Active Nature of the Person Cognitive Revolution Socially Relevant Questions Contemporary Era The 1990s Reemergence of Motivation Study Brief History of Emotion Study Conclusion Summary Readings for Further Study Chapter 3 The Motivated and Emotional Brain Motivation, Emotion, and Neuroscience Day-to-Day Events Activate Specific Brain Structures Activated Brain Structures Generate Specific Motivations and Emotions Neural Basis of Motivation and Emotion Cortical Brain Subcortical Brain Bidirectional Communication Individual Brain Structures Involved in Motivation and Emotion Subcortical Brain Structures Cortical Brain Structures Hormones Summary Readings for Further Study Part I Needs Chapter 4 Physiological Needs Need Three Types of Needs Fundamentals of Regulation Physiological Need Psychological Drive Homeostasis Negative Feedback Multiple Inputs/Multiple Outputs Intraorganismic Mechanisms Extraorganismic Mechanisms Homeostatic Mechanism Thirst Physiological Regulation Environmental Influences Hunger Short-Term Appetite Long-Term Energy Balance Environmental Influences Self-Regulatory Influences Weight Gain and Obesity Comprehensive Model of Hunger Sex Physiological Regulation Facial Metrics Sexual Scripts Sexual Orientation Evolutionary Basis of Sexual Motivation Summary Readings for Further Study Chapter 5 Extrinsic Motivation and Internalization Extrinsic Motivation Incentives and Consequences
