Social motivation : conscious and unconscious processes /

This book presents ground-breaking research by leading international researchers on the nature, functions and characteristics of social motivation. Its contributors focus on a variety of issues, such as the functions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and the subtle roles that habits and goals p...

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Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Other Authors: Forgas, Joseph P. (Editor), Williams, Kipling D. (Editor), Laham, Simon M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Series:Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book presents ground-breaking research by leading international researchers on the nature, functions and characteristics of social motivation. Its contributors focus on a variety of issues, such as the functions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and the subtle roles that habits and goals play in producing and maintaining motivated social behaviors. Recent discoveries in the psychology of motivation relevant to everyday social behaviors and clinical, organizational, educational and counseling practices receive particular attention.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 386 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780511735066
0511735065
0521832543
9780521832540
9781136847202
1136847200