Motivation: Biological, Psychological, and EnvironmentalPsychology Press, 2015 M07 17 - 464 pages This book provides a complete overview of motivation and emotion. Well-grounded in the history of the field, the fourth edition of Motivation: Biological, Psychological, and Environmental combines classic studies with current research. The text provides an overarching organizational scheme of how motivation (the inducement of action, feelings, and thought) leads to behavior from physiological, psychological, and environmental sources. The material draws on topics that are familiar to students while maintaining a conversational tone to sustain student interest. |
Contents
1 Introduction to Motivation and Emotion | 1 |
2 The History of Motivation and Emotion | 24 |
3 Evolutionary Antecedents of Motivation | 51 |
4 Addictions and Addictive Behaviors | 81 |
Temperature Thirst Hunger and Eating | 113 |
6 Behavior Arousal and Affective Valence | 139 |
7 Stress Coping and Health | 167 |
8 Drives and Psychological Needs | 198 |
10 Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation | 256 |
11 Goal Motivation | 281 |
12 Economics of Motivation | 312 |
13 Emotions and Moods | 338 |
14 Emotions as Motives | 367 |
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9 Personality and Motivation | 230 |
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