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Motivation and Action

Motivation and Action

Revised English edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

In this book Heckhausen and Heckhausen give an extensive and in-depth overview of the diverse lines of research in motivational psychology, in terms of its historical foundations, up-to-date conceptual developments and empirical research. The major classes of motivated behavior, such as achievement, affiliation and power, are addressed and the critical processes involved in motivation and volition are discussed in detail. Different conceptual and empirical lines of research, such as implicit/explicit motivation, intrinsic/extrinsic motivation/volition, causal attribution, childhood and lifespan development, education, personality and psychopathology are integrated and analyzed as to the common issues and phenomena they address, thus providing a most useful guideline for understanding debates in current motivational, educational and social psychology.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521149136
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
Edition: Revised English edition
DEWEY: 153.8
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 538
Weight: 1040g
Height: 254mm
Width: 204mm
Spine width: 25mm