Understanding Motivation and Emotion

This book walks psychologists through the study of motivation, exploring all conditions that exist within the person and within the environment and culture that explain why we want what we want and why we do what we do.

Sommario

1. Introduction
2. Motivation in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
3. The Motivated and Emotional Brain
Part I: Needs
4. Physiological Needs
5. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations
6. Psychological Needs
7. Social Needs
Part II: Cognitions
8. Goal Setting and Goal Striving
9. Personal Control Beliefs
10. The Self and Its Strivings
Part III: Emotions
11. Nature of Emotion: Five Perennial Questions
12. Aspects of Emotion
Part IV: Individual Differences
13. Personality Characteristics
14. Unconscious Motivation
15. Growth Motivation and Positive Psychology
Conclusion
16. Conclusion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Johnmarshall Reeve, Reeve Johnmarshall
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.12.2008
• EAN: 9780470392232
• ISBN: 978-0-470-39223-2
• Pagine: 600
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Salute