Authors:Paul R. Pintrich, Martin L. Maehr,
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Keywords: advances, motivation, achievement, volume, methods, directions, measures, new
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2001-11-01
List price: $141.95
ISBN-10: 0762308192
ISBN-13: 9780762308194

Authors:Nebraska Symposium, Daniel W. Leger, Alan C. Kamil, J
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Keywords: motivation, psychology, evolutionary, volume, nebraska, symposium
Number of Pages: 221
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0803229267
ISBN-13: 9780803229266

Recent media coverage of the controversial theory of sexual violence as a product of biological evolution has once again brought the question of the origins of human motivation into the public eye. In this volume, leading scholars in behavioral studies examine the value of evolutionary perspectives in understanding psychological motivations. Beginning with the fundamental fact that humans are part of the biological world, evolutionary psychologists contend that human motivations and mental processes should be understood as by-products of natural selection. By viewing human psychology—both no

Authors:Nebraska Symposium, Janis E. Jacobs,
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Keywords: motivation, perspectives, developmental, volume, nebraska, symposium
Number of Pages: 299
Published: 1993-10-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0803275765
ISBN-13: 9780803275768

Some of the best current work on the development of motivation is presented in this fortieth volume of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. The diverse approaches for conceptualizing and studying motivational development psychology that extends the traditional area of achievement motivation. Some major themes emerge: the conceptualization of the self, the internal and external factors that affect development of motivations, and the choices that result from one’s motivations. Richard Ryan’s opening chapter places the entire work in context by describing historical and theoretical

Author: Keith J. Holyoak
Publisher: Academic Press
Keywords: learning, psychology, motivation, volume, theory, research, advances, causal
Number of Pages: 442
Published: 1996-08-29
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0125433344
ISBN-13: 9780125433341

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditions to complex learning and problem solving. This guest-edited special volume is devoted to current research and discussion on associative versus cognitive accounts of learning. Written by major investigators in the field, topics include all aspects of causal learning in an open forum in which different approaches are brought together. Key Features* Up-to-date review of the lite

Author: V.C. Pandey
Publisher: Isha Books
Keywords: motivation, intelligence
Number of Pages: 301
Published: 2005-10-15
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 8182051576
ISBN-13: 9788182051577

Author: Bags of Money
Publisher: Morris Publishing
Keywords: motivation, thug
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2008-02-01
List price: $13.98
ISBN-10: 0615161529
ISBN-13: 9780615161525

The book combines street knowledge, book knowledge (war, peace, power, real estate, communication, business, planning) and disciplined desire forged by the pain of the streets and lock-down.

Author: Alfred R. Mele
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: agency, motivation
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2005-09-15
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0195189523
ISBN-13: 9780195189520

What place does motivation have in the lives of intelligent agents? Mele’s answer is sensitive to the concerns of philosophers of mind and moral philosophers and informed by empirical work. He offers a distinctive, comprehensive, attractive view of human agency. This book stands boldly at the intersection of philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, and metaphysics.