Human Motivation
A Social Psychological Approach
Published on 1. August 1994
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-534-23850-6 (ISBN)
Description
Geen departs from the conventional approach to human motivation--going beyond the traditional survey of biological, behavioral, and scial bases of motivation--to capture the student's attention and focus on the problems of motivations with which we live every day. Starting from the premise that most human behavior is social behavior, Geen establishes a fundamental model of the motivational process by integrating the concepts of motive, situation, and incentive within a framework of how people set goals for themselves.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-23850-6 (9780534238506)
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Content
1. Introduction to the Study of Motivation. 2. Goals in Motivation. 3. Action Control in Motivation. 4. The Self in Motivation. 5. Motivation for Competence and Control. 6. The Thematic Approach: Achievement, Affiliation, and Power. 7. Arousal. 8. Emotion. 9. Prosocial and Aggressive Motivation. 10. Motivating Effects of Social Settings. 11. Stress and Motivation. 12. Concluding Comments.