Understanding Motivation and Emotion

by Johnmarshall Reeve

Overview

Understanding Motivation and Emotion introduces readers to the principles of motivation and emotion by balancing coverage of behavioral, cognitive, and physiological theories with humanistic approach. Johnmarshall Reeve's engaging witting captures the excitement of recent advances in the field and demonstrates through effective examples how these findings can be applied to readers' daily lives. In the third edition, a new feature explores in more detail the practical application of a specific topic in each chapter. By combining a strong theoretical foundation with current research and application, Johnmarshall Reeve provides readers with a valuable tool for understanding why people do what they do.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781394219049
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/08/2024
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

DR. JOHNMARSHALL REEVE, PHD, is a Professor in the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at the Australian Catholic University in Sydney, Australia. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Motivation and Emotion from 2011 to 2017 and currently serves on the editorial board of five journals. He has received multiple research-based awards, including the Thomas N. Urban Research Award from the FINE Foundation for research to enhance educational practice.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Study of Motivation.

2. Motivation in Historical Perspective.

3. Physiological Needs.

4. Organismic Psychological Needs.

5. External Events: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivations.

6. Acquired Social Needs.

7. Discrepancies.

8. Expectancies.

9. Values and Attributions.

10. The Self and Its Strivings.

11. Personality Characteristics.

12. Growth Motivation.

13. Unconscious Motivation.

14. The Nature of Emotion.

15. Perspectives.

16. Conclusion.