Motivation: Biological, Psychological, and Environmental

by Lambert Deckers

Well-grounded in the history of the field, Motivation combines classic studies with current research, while promoting the idea that motivation stems from physiological states, psychological motives, and environmental incentives and goals. Motivation provides an overarching organizational scheme of how motivation (the inducement of action, feelings, and thought) leads to behavior from physiological, psychological, and environmental sources. The material draws on topics that are familiar to students while maintaining a conversational tone to sustain student interest.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, School, Nonfiction

432 pages, Hardcover

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.