Motivation and Action (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Heckhausen, Jutta; Heckhausen, Heinz

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 909
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319650944
• Artikelnr.: 52943393

Autorenporträt

Jutta Heckhausen, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychology & Social Behavior at the University of California - Irvine. Her areas of interest are: life-span developmental psychology, motivational psychology, control behavior, psychological influences on health, and developmental regulation across the life-span. Her ongoing research addresses the role of the individual as an active agent in major life-course transitions and when confronted with challenging life events. Dr. Heckhausen has published articles in The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture, the International Journal of Behavioral Development, Psychology and Health, Ageing and Society, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Psychological Review, and The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. She is the author of the monograph Developmental Regulation in Adulthood and the editor of several books: Motivation and Self-Regulation Across the Life-Span, Motivational Psychology of Human Development, Motivation and Handeln, and Motivation and Action. 

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Motivation and Action: Introduction and Overview.- Chapter 2. Historical Trends in Motivation Research.- Chapter 3. Trait Theories of Motivation.- Chapter 4. Situational Determinants of Behavior.- Chapter 5. Motivation as a Function of Expectancy and Incentive.- Chapter 6. Achievement Motivation.- Chapter 7. Social Bonding: Affiliation Motivation and Intimacy Motivation.- Chapter 8. Power Motivation.- Chapter 9. Implicit and Explicit Motives.- Chapter 10. Biophychological Aspects of Motivation.- Chapter 11. Goals.- Chapter 12. Motivation and Volition in the Course of Action.- Chapter 13. Individual Differences in Self-Regulation.- Chapter 14. Intrinsic Motivation and Flow.- Chapter 15. Casual Attribution of Behavior and Achievement.- Chapter 16. Development of Motivation.- Chapter 17. The Motivation of Developmental Regulation.- Chapter 18. Motivation in School and University.- Chapter 19. Motivation and Volition in Career and Workplace.- Chapter 20. Motivation and Volitionin Sports.