Understanding Motivation and Emotion - Hardcover

Reeve, Johnmarshall; Reeve

 
9780155080560: Understanding Motivation and Emotion

Synopsis

Understanding Motivation and Emotion introduces readers to the principles of motivation and emotion by balancing coverage of behavioural, cognitive and physiological theories with a humanistic approach. Johnmarshall Reeve's engaging writing captures the excitement of recent advances in the field and demonstrates through effective examples how these findings can be applied in 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.

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Synopsis

This textbook for undergraduates discusses the various aspects of human motivation such as needs, cognition, individual differences, and emotion. Reeve (U. of Iowa) begins with an introduction to the history of motivation and some themes common to its study such as approach and avoidance tendencies.

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ISBN 10:  0470001941 ISBN 13:  9780470001943
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2000
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