[PDF] Motivational Analyses Of Social Behavior eBook

Author : Rex A. Wright
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 2004-04-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1135633096

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This book honors Jack W. Brehm's contributions to psychology, all of which revolve around a central theme of motivation and social behavior. It begins with two personal chapters and then presents a collection of cutting-edge, substantive chapters authored by researchers whose work Brehm has strongly influenced. It concludes with a chapter by Jack Brehm that reflects on the field of psychology, discusses a new theory of social influence, and offers ideas about the direction in which our understanding of human behavior could move. Motivational Analyses of Social Behavior will be of value to research scientists, educators, and practitioners interested in social motivational processes and those who developed major theories in this area. Interested readers include individuals specializing in social, clinical, organizational, personality, health, and motivational psychology, and psychophysiology. The book would also be ideal for advanced courses on social motivation and the history of psychology.

Author : Eleanor H. Simpson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 35,97 MB
Release : 2016-05-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3319269356

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This volume covers the current status of research in the neurobiology of motivated behaviors in humans and other animals in healthy condition. This includes consideration of the psychological processes that drive motivated behavior and the anatomical, electrophysiological and neurochemical mechanisms which drive these processes and regulate behavioural output. The volume also includes chapters on pathological disturbances in motivation including apathy, or motivational deficit as well as addictions, the pathological misdirection of motivated behavior. As with the chapters on healthy motivational processes, the chapters on disease provide a comprehensive up to date review of the neurobiological abnormalities that underlie motivation, as determined by studies of patient populations as well as animal models of disease. The book closes with a section on recent developments in treatments for motivational disorders.

Author : Richard M. Sorrentino
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 49,38 MB
Release : 1986-02-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780898626674

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The book combines trend-setting ideas from social cognition with in-depth analyses of fundamental issues from the classic motivational literature.

Author : Michael H. Kernis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,99 MB
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1489912800

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Challenging current notions in self-esteem literature, this volume offers new insights into efficacy, agency, and self-esteem as well as the influence of these constructs on psychological well-being. The contributions by prominent researchers contain substantial new theoretical and empirical research that focuses on a wide range of personality and motivational phenomena.

Author : Joseph P. Forgas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,31 MB
Release : 2003-10-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780521541251

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The Social Mind explores the relationship between people's thoughts and motives and their interpersonal strategies.

Author : Albert Rutherford
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 12,15 MB
Release : 2020-04-03
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Would you like to instantly catch people's thoughts, emotions, motivations, and intentions through mere observation? If yes, you've come to the right place! 10-Minute Social Psychology is a unique book that takes a deeper look into social conflicts: what causes them, what keeps them alive, and most importantly-what you can do about them. The book presents how social awareness is built and takes you step by step through its various mindset shifts and actionable observations.Using the best studies and lessons of social neuroscience and social psychology, this book helps you understand how others influence your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.Establishing connection between raw biological and social cognition, the neuroscientific method can have tremendous impact on our behavior. Improve your: - decision-making;- critical thinking and reasoning; - physical and mental well-being; and your- self-understanding. 10-Minute Social Psychology addresses social concerns such as discrimination, in- and out-group dynamics, competition vs. cooperation, and social acceptability and likability, using neuroscience and social psychology-backed data, giving guidelines and critical-thinking practices to diminish these concerns.Learn to predict and change others' behavior, as well as your own.- How can our understanding of social behavior be expanded upon and improved?- How do social processes impact the human brain? - Which brain areas implement social behavior? Can we influence them?Become more likable by becoming more empathetic. -Tame the social categorization muscle in dimensions like gender, race, or age.- What is the cost of social stress? - How do we become better at cooperation and competition?- How do we become less susceptible to social influence? Humans are social creatures-our health and well-being partially depends on others. 10-Minute Social Psychology helps you to understand the critical function of how we make sense of and connect with people.

Author : Bernard Weiner
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 39,43 MB
Release : 2006-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1135601674

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Social Motivation, Justice, and the Moral Emotions proposes an attribution theory of interpersonal or social motivation that distinguishes between the role of thinking and feeling in determining action. The place of this theory within the larger fields of motivation and attributional analyses is explored. It features new thoughts concerning social motivation on such topics as help giving, aggression, achievement evaluation, compliance to commit a transgression, as well as new contributions to the understanding of social justice. Included also is material on moral emotions, with discussions of admiration, contempt, envy, gratitude, and other affects not considered in Professor Weiner's prior work. The text also contains previously unexamined topics regarding social inferences of arrogance and modesty. Divided into five chapters, this book: *considers the logical development and structure of a proposed theory of social motivation and justice; *reviews meta-analytic tests of the theory within the contexts of help giving and aggression and examines issues related to cultural and individual differences; *focuses on moral emotions including an analysis of admiration, envy, gratitude, jealousy, scorn, and others; *discusses conditions where reward decreases motivation while punishment augments strivings; and *provides applications that are beneficial in the classroom, in therapy, and in training programs. This book appeals to practicing and research psychologists and advanced students in social, educational, personality, political/legal, health, and clinical psychology. It will also serve as a supplement in courses on motivational psychology, emotion and motivation, altruism and/or pro-social behavior, aggression, social judgment, and morality. Also included is the raw material for 13 experiments relating to core predictions of the proposed attribution theory.