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Motivation

Attention, Representation, and Human Performance

Integration of Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation

Attention, Representation, and Human Performance
  • Edited by Slim Masmoudi, David Yun Dai and Abdelmajid Naceur.

Published November 2011

This volume presents a rare occasion where scholars from Europe, North Africa and North America share their research programs and findings revolving around an important theme: integration. Despite different research foci and methodologies, there is a strong consensus that we need to understand a…
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The Science of Giving

Experimental Approaches to the Study of Charity

The Science of Giving
  • Edited by Daniel M. Oppenheimer, and Christopher Y. Olivola.

Published October 2010

Americans donate over 300 billion dollars a year to charity, but the psychological factors that govern whether to give, and how much to give, are still not well understood. Our understanding of charitable giving is based primarily upon the intuitions of fundraisers or correlational data which…
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Social Motivation

Social Motivation
  • Edited by David Dunning.

Published October 2010

Motivational science is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in social psychology, incorporating multiple perspectives from social-personality research. This volume provides students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of major topics in social motivation. All contributors are…
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Progress in Psychological Science around the World. Volume 1 Neural, Cognitive and Developmental Issues.

Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Psychology

Progress in Psychological Science around the World. Volume 1 Neural, Cognitive and Developmental Issues.
  • Edited by Qicheng Jing, Mark R. Rosenzweig, Gery d'Ydewalle, Houcan Zhang, Hsuan-Chih Chen and Kan Zhang.

Published July 2006

Progress in Psychological Science around the World, Volumes 1 and 2, present the main contributions from the 28th International Congress of Psychology, held in Beijing in 2004. These expert contributions include the Nobel laureate address, the Presidential address, and the Keynote and…
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Motivation and Emotion in Sport

Reversal Theory

Motivation and Emotion in Sport
  • By John H. Kerr.

Published June 1999

Why did Michael Jordan quit basketball and take up baseball? Why was Martina Navratilova so successful as a professional tennis player? These and many other questions about aspects of motivation and emotion in sport are addressed in this book which is newly available in paperback. Reversal theory's…
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