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Social Motivation: Conscious and Unconscious Processes
Contributor(s): Forgas, Joseph P. (Editor), Williams, Kipling D. (Editor), Laham, Simon M. (Editor)
ISBN: 0511735065     ISBN-13: 9780511735066
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $140.25  
Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats
Published: August 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Social Psychology
- Self-help | Motivational & Inspirational
Dewey: 153.8
 
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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.

Contributor Bio(s): Forgas, Joseph P.: - Joseph Paul Forgas is Scientia Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He has a distinguished research record and has published some seventeen books and over 150 journal articles and chapters in some of the most selective journals in the field. His work has received widespread international recognition.