Motivation: Biological, Psychological, and Environmental

by Lambert Deckers

This textbook provides a complete overview of motivation and emotion, using an overarching organizational scheme of how biological, psychological, and environmental sources become motivation--the inducement of behavior, feelings, and cognition. It combines classic studies with current research and uses numerous real-world examples to engage the student and make often-difficult theoretical concepts come to life. By understanding and applying the principles of motivation described in the text, students will not only discover insights into what motivates their own behavior but also how to instigate self-change.

Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, this fifth edition provides a major review of recent research, with over 225 new references, including expansion in the areas of goal motivation and emotion psychology. Other updated topics include new findings and interpretations on how evolution affects our preferences, how personality traits determine motivation, and how self-control depends on a cost/benefit analysis. The addition of individual chapter glossaries and an increased number of links to additional resources supplement student learning. This textbook is suitable as a primary text for courses on motivation.

For additional resources, please consult the companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/deckers.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, School, Nonfiction

484 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2000

Reviews

[Michaeld · Rating 4 out of 5]

A easy to follow book for those that are interested in understanding where motivation comes from and how we're affected by it on a daily basis.

[Monty Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Covers the science of motivation via external locus, intrinsically, and extricated from environmental and social-emotional-economic influences.

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Required text for school.... not my choice leisure material but I guess it wasn't horrible.