Human motivation / Robert E. Franken

By: Franken, Robert EMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Pacific Grove, CA : Brooks/ Cole Pub., 1998Edition: Fourth editionDescription: 463 pages : 24 cmISBN: 0534348513Subject(s): Motivation (Psychology) | MotivationLOC classification: BF503 | F7 1998
Contents:
Part 1 Issues and organizing principles in motivation: what causes action - themes and issues in the study of motivation; components of motivation. Part 2 Analyzing some basic motivational systems: hunger and eating; sex behaviour, love, and sexual orientation; arousal and peak performance; wakefulness, alertness, sleep, and dreams; drug use and drug addiction; aggression, coercive action, and anger. Part 3 Emotions and motivation: stress and health; goal-incongruent (negative) emotions - fear and anxiety, pessimism and depression, guilt and shame; goal-congruent (positive) emotions - happiness, hope and optimism, attachment and belongingness. Part 4 Growth motivation and self-regulation: curiosity, exploratory behaviour, play, sensation seeking, and creativity; the need for predictability and control, achievement and mastery, and self-esteem; the self-regulation of motivation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Part 1 Issues and organizing principles in motivation: what causes action - themes and issues in the study of motivation; components of motivation. Part 2 Analyzing some basic motivational systems: hunger and eating; sex behaviour, love, and sexual orientation; arousal and peak performance; wakefulness, alertness, sleep, and dreams; drug use and drug addiction; aggression, coercive action, and anger. Part 3 Emotions and motivation: stress and health; goal-incongruent (negative) emotions - fear and anxiety, pessimism and depression, guilt and shame; goal-congruent (positive) emotions - happiness, hope and optimism, attachment and belongingness. Part 4 Growth motivation and self-regulation: curiosity, exploratory behaviour, play, sensation seeking, and creativity; the need for predictability and control, achievement and mastery, and self-esteem; the self-regulation of motivation.

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