Author : Lawrence A. Pervin
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 20,21 MB
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317510224
Is behavior motivated? And if so, can it be motivated by the anticipation of future events? What role does cognition play in such motivational processes? And, further, what role does motivation play in ongoing cognitive activity? Questions such as these provide the foundation for this book, originally published in 1989. More specifically, the chapters in this book address the question of the utility of goals concepts in studying motivation and social cognition.
Author : Gordon B. Moskowitz
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2009-01-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1606230298
Bringing together leading authorities, this tightly edited volume reviews the breadth of current knowledge about goals and their key role in human behavior. Presented are cutting-edge theories and findings that shed light on the ways people select and prioritize goals; how they are pursued; factors that lead to success or failure in achieving particular aims; and consequences for individual functioning and well-being. Thorough attention is given to both conscious and nonconscious processes. The biological, cognitive, affective, and social underpinnings of goals are explored, as is their relationship to other motivational constructs.
Author : Dolores Albarracín
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 15,52 MB
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1108879705
This book explains how actions and inactions arise and change in social contexts, including social media and face-to-face communication. Its multidisciplinary perspective covers research from psychology, communication, public health, business studies, and environmental sciences. The reader can use this cutting-edge approach to design and interpret effects of behavioral change interventions as well as replicate the materials and methods implemented to study them. The author provides an organized set of principles that take the reader from the formation of attitudes and goals, to the structure of action and inaction. It also reflects on how cognitive processes explain excesses of action while inaction persists elsewhere. This practical guide summarises the best practices persuasion and behavioral interventions to promote changes in health, consumer, and social behaviors.
Author : Henk Aarts
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,44 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1848728735
First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Edwin A. Locke
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : V. Hamilton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 16,69 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9400927924
This book presents the contributions of the members of an Advanced Research Workshop on Cogni ti ve Science Perspectives on Emotion, Motivation and Cognition. The Workshop, funded mainly by the NATO Scientific Affairs Division, together with a contribution from the (British) Economic and Social Research Council, was conducted at II Ciocco, Tuscany, Italy, 21-27 June 1987. The venue for our discussions was ideal: a quiet holiday hotel, 500m high in the Apennine mountain range, approached by a mile of perilously steep, winding narrow road. The isolation was conducive to concentrated discussions on the topics of the Workshop. The reason for the Workshop was a felt need for researchers from disparate but related approaches to cognition, emotion, and motivation to communicate their perspectives and arguments to one another. To take just one example, the framework of information processing and the metaphor of mind as a computer has wrought a major revolution in psychological theories of cogni tion. That framework has radically altered the way psychologists conceptualize perception, memory, language, thought, and action. Those advances have formed the intellectual substrate for the "cognitive science" perspective on mental life.
Author : Edwin A. Locke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 13,39 MB
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136180958
This book concentrates on the last twenty years of research in the area of goal setting and performance at work. The editors and contributors believe goals affect action, and this volume has a lineup of international contributors who look at the recent theories and implications in this area for IO psychologists and human resource management academics and graduate students.
Author : David M. Buss
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 21,75 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1468406345
Research in the field of personality psychology has culminated in a radical departure. The result is Personality Psychology: Recent Trends and Emerging Directions. Drs. Buss and Cantor have compiled the innovative research of twenty-five young, outstanding personality psychologists to represent the recent expansion of issues in the fields. Advances in assessment have brought about more powerful methods and the explanatory tools for extending personality psychology beyond its traditional reaches into the areas of cognitive psychology, evolutionary biology, and sociology. This volume represents a significant landmark in the psychology of personality.
Author : Kennon Marshall Sheldon
Publisher : Seattle ; Toronto : Hogrefe & Huber
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 27,71 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
ISBN :
...in this book for the first time, results are presented from researchers around the world on which goals actually help to lead to happiness and thus to physical and mental wellbeing
Author : Marylene Gagne PhD
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 2014-06-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0199794987
Self-determination theory is a theory of human motivation that is being increasingly used by organizations to make strategic HR decisions and train managers. It argues for a focus on the quality of workers' motivation over quantity. Motivation that is based on meaning and interest is showed to be superior to motivation that is based on pressure and rewards. Work environments that make workers feel competent, autonomous, and related to others foster the right type of motivation, goals, and work values. The Oxford Handbook of Work Motivation, Engagement, and Self-Determination Theory aims to give current and future organizational researchers ideas for future research using self-determination theory as a framework, and to give practitioners ideas on how to adjust their programs and practices using self-determination theory principles. The book brings together self-determination theory experts and organizational psychology experts to talk about past and future applications of the theory to the field of organizational psychology. The book covers a wide range of topics, including: how to bring about commitment, engagement, and passion in the workplace; how to manage stress, health, emotions and violence at work; how to encourage safe and sustainable behavior in organizations; how factors like attachment styles, self-esteem, person-environment fit, job design, leadership, compensation, and training affect work motivation; and how work-related values and goals are forged by the work environment and affect work outcomes.
