Motivation and action / edited by Jutta Heckhausen, Heinz Heckhausen. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xvii, 508 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-500) and index.

Motivation and action: introduction and overview -- Historical trends in motivation research -- Trait theories of motivation -- Situational determinants of behavior -- Motivation as a function of expectancy and incentive -- Achievement motivation -- Social bonding: affiliation motivation and intimacy motivation -- Power motivation -- Implicit and explicit motives -- Biopsychological aspects of motivation -- Motivation and volition in the course of action -- Individual differences in self-regulation -- Intrinsic motivation and flow -- Causal attribution of behavior and achievement -- Motivation and development.


Translated from the German.

0521852595 9780521852593


Motivation (Psychology)

BF503 / .M68613 2008