Motivation and Action
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Beschreibung
This third edition provides translations of all chapters of the most recent fifth German edition of Motivation and Action, including several entirely new chapters. It provides comprehensive coverage of the history of motivation, and introduces up-to-date theories and new research findings. Early sections provide a broad introduction to, and deep understanding of, the field of motivation psychology, mapping out different perspectives and research traditions. Subsequent chapters examine major themes of human motivation, including achievement, affiliation, and power motivation as well as the fundamentals of motivation psychology, such as motivated and goal oriented behaviors, implicit and explicit motives, and the regulation of development. In addition, the book discusses the roles of motivation in three practical fields: school and college, the workplace, and sports.
Topics featured in this text include:
- Social Relationships and its effects on sexual or intimacy motivation.
- Conscious and unconscious motivators of behavior.
- Drives and incentives in the fields of achievement, intimacy, sociability and power.
- How the biochemistry and structures of our brain shapes motivated behavior.
- How to engage in intentional goal-directed behavior.
- The potential and limits of motivation and self-direction in shaping our lives.
About the Editor: Jutta Heckhausen is the daughter of Heinz Heckhausen, who published "Motivation and Action” as a monograph in 1980 and who died in 1988 just before the 2nd edition came out. Dr. Heckhausen received her Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow with a dissertation about early mother-child interaction, and did her Habilitation in 1996 at the Free University of Berlin with a monograph about developmental regulation in adulthood. Dr. Heckhausen worked for many years at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, conducting research about the role of motivation in lifespan development. She is currently a professor of psychology at the University of California, Irvine.
Comprehensive coverage of history and up-to-date theories and empirical study of motivation
Covers international research on motivation, including European approaches
Focuses on human motivation, including biological and higher-order processes involved
Indispensable reference for researchers
Chapters highly accessible for students at upper-division undergraduate and graduate level
Comprehensive coverage of history and up-to-date theories and empirical study of motivation Covers international research on motivation, including European approaches Focuses on human motivation, including biological and higher-order processes involved Indispensable reference for researchers Chapters highly accessible for students at upper-division undergraduate and graduate level
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Jutta Heckhausen
Themen in »Motivation and Action«
Motivation Action-regulation Volition Self-regulation Achievement (motivation) Power (motivation) Implicit motivation Explicit motivation Goals Causal attribution Development of motivation Developmental regulation Work motivation Motivation and sports Academic motivation