| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 508 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Motivation and action: introduction and overview / J. Heckhausen and H. Heckhausen -- Historical trends in motivation research / H. Heckhausen -- Trait theories of motivation / D. Scheffer and H. Heckhausen -- Situational determinants of behavior / J. Beckmann and H. Heckhausen -- Motivation as a function of expectancy and incentive / J. Beckmann and H. Heckhausen -- Achievement motivation / J.C. Bunstein and H. Heckhausen -- Social bonding: affiliation motivation and intimacy motivation / K. Sokolowski and H. Heckhausen -- Power motivation / H.-D. Schmalt and H. Heckhausen -- Implicit and explicit motives / J. Brunstein -- Biopsychological aspects of motivation / O.C. Schultheiss and M.M. Wirth -- Motivation and volition in the course of action / A. Achtziger and P.M. Gollwitzer -- Individual differences in self-regulation / J. Kuhl -- Intrinsic motivation and flow / F. Rheinberg -- Causal attribution of behavior and achievement / J. Stiensmeier-Pelster and H. Heckhausen -- Motivation and development / J. Heckhausen and H. Heckhausen |
| Summary |
An extensive and in-depth overview of the diverse lines of research in motivational psychology, in terms of its historical foundations, up-to-date conceptual developments, and empirical research. The major classes of motivated behavior, such as achievement, affiliation, and power, are addressed, and the critical processes involved in motivation and volition are discussed in detail. Different conceptual and empirical lines of research, such as implicit/explicit motivation, intrinsic/extrinsic motivation/volition, causal attribution, childhood and lifespan development, education, personality, and psychopathology, are integrated and analyzed as to the common issues and phenomena they address, thus providing amost useful guidellne for understanding debates in current motivational, educational, personality, and social psychology |
| Notes |
"This is the new edition of Motivation and Action. The first English edition, based on the second German edition and published by Springer-Verlag in 1991, was written by Heinz Heckhausen, who died on October 30, 1988 ... a revised edition of this influential textbook on motivational psychology was needed, and Cambridge University Press was ready to publish the international edition of the new book ... This book thus represents the intellectual legacy of Heinz Heckhausen in two respects. First, it shows how Heckhausen's approach to motivation psychology has been further developed and refined and that, although much has been retained, there have also been some important changes. Second, the book's chapters have been written by Heinz Heckhausen's intellectual heirs: members of his research groups in Bochum and Munich, their students, and by myself, his daughter."--Preface to the Second English Edition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-500) and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the German |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Motivation (Psychology)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Heckhausen, Heinz.
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Heckhausen, Jutta, 1957-
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| ISBN |
051139196X (electronic bk.) |
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0511394071 (electronic bk.) |
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0511394721 (electronic bk.) |
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0511499825 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511391965 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511394072 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511394720 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511499821 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardback) |
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(hardback) |
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