Human Motivation examines the methods behind four major human motive systems - achievement, power, affiliation and avoidance.
US psychologist Abraham Maslow’s A Theory of Human Motivation is a classic of psychological research that helped change the field for good.
Thoroughly revised to reflect new directions in the field, this book introduces the basic facts and major theories of motivation within the context of the types of questions students bring with them to class.
Cottrell, Wack, Sekerak, and Rittle (1968) showed that it was not just the presence of others that produced this effect, but rather what Cottrell called evaluation apprehension — the expectation that the audience would evaluate ...
Why do some people prefer a quiet life? The Psychobiology of Human Motivation explores what directs our behaviour, from basic physiological needs like hunger and thirst to more complex aspects of social behaviour like altruism.
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By providing reviews of the most advanced work by the very best scholars in this field, The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation represents an invaluable resource for both researchers and practitioners, as well as any student of human nature ...
This is followed by separate chapters on cognitive and coping processes in emotion, cognitive appraisals and transformations in self-control, an attributional model of achievement motivation, and cognitive control of action.
Of Motivational Systems Theory (Rationale for Motivational Systems Theory ; General Nature of Motivational Systems Theory ; Concepts and Principles Representing the Overall Person-in-Context System ; Concepts and Principles Representing the ...
This book provides a thorough introduction to the basic facts and major theories of human motivation. Throughout the book, the author addresses the types of questions that often arise, such...
That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others).