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| Title: | Psychology of Motivation
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| Author: | Lois V Brown (ed) |
| ISBN: | 160021598X : 9781600215988 |
| Illustrations: | tables & charts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 217 |
| Weight: | .578 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - February 2007 |
| List Price: | 85.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | PSYCHOLOGY |
In psychology, motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behaviour. Motivation is a temporal and dynamic state that should not be confused with personality or emotion. Motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something. A motivated person can be reaching for a long-term goal such as becoming a professional writer or a more short-term goal like learning how to spell a particular word. Personality invariably refers to more or less permanent characteristics of an individual's state of being (eg: shy, extrovert, conscientious). As opposed to motivation, emotion refers to temporal states that do not immediately link to behaviour (e.g., anger, grief, happiness). This book presents that latest research in this field.
Preface; Research on Fundamental Motives; Motivated Behaviours: The Interaction of Attention, Habituation and Memory; Attention and Motivation Interdependence in Self-regulation: A Neurocognitive Approach; The Motivational Function of Emotions A "Feeling is for Doing" Perspective; Social Psychological Motivations and Foundations of Dietary Preference; Self-determination Theory and the Theory of Planned Behaviour: An Integrative Approach toward a more complete Model of Motivation; Motivation and Risk Behaviours: A Self-Determination Perspective; A Motivational-Cognitive Model of Prospective Memory: The Influence of Goal Relevance; The Role of Goal Facilitation and Goal Conflict in Motivation; The Implicit Nature of Goal-Directed Motivational Pursuits; Procrastination and Safety Behaviours; Procrastination and Motivations for Household Safety Behaviours: An Expectancy-value Theory Perspective); Stimulus and Information Seeking Behaviour: A Comparative and Evolutionary Perspective; Psychosocial Correlates of Personal Norms; Strategies Involved in the Motivation of Individuals to Pursue Testing to Determine the Presence of HIV; Motivational Incontinence: Philosophical Views across the gap between Normative Beliefs and Actions; Index.
