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Motivation of Exercise and Physical Activity - Hardcover

Liam A. Chiang

 
9781600215964: Motivation of Exercise and Physical Activity
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1600215963 ISBN 13: 9781600215964
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2007

Synopsis

In psychology, motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behaviour (Geen, 1995). Motivation is a temporal and dynamic state that should not be confused with personality or emotion. Motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something. A motivated person can be reaching for a long-term goal such as becoming a professional writer or a more short-term goal like learning how to spell a particular word. Personality invariably refers to more or less permanent characteristics of an individual's state of being (e.g., shy, extrovert, conscientious). As opposed to motivation, emotion refers to temporal states that do not immediately link to behaviour (e.g., anger, grief, happiness).

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Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1600215963
ISBN 13 
9781600215964
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
255
Editor
Liam A. Chiang