Social Motivation

Purposive, goal-directed behaviour is one of the defining characteristics of human beings. This volume surveys the most recent theories and research on the psychological mechanisms involved in the planning and execution of motivated social behaviour. The contributors are all leading international researchers, and their chapters discuss such exciting topics as how goals influence thinking and behaviour, how affect and social motivation interact, how unconscious motivation operates, and the relationship between habits and intentions as sources of social action. The applications of contemporary research on motivation to practical questions in clinical, organisational, educational and counselling psychology receive special attention. The book is written in a readable yet scholarly style. The chapters take a highly comprehensive and integrative approach, and the book should be of interest to students, practitioners and researchers interested in the psychology of motivation, and should also be suitable as an advanced textbook of this field.

ISBN 0521832543   Pages 408 ISBN13 9780521832540 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 508 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Format Hardback   Series title Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology Publication date 04 Oct 2004   Height (mm) 228 Library of Congress BF503 .S65 2005   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 153.8   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		Social motivation : introduction and overview by Joseph P. Forgas and Kipling D. Williams and Simon M. Laham		1
2		Multiple goals, optimal motivation, and the development of interest by Judith M. Harackiewicz and Amanda M. Durik and Kenneth E. Barron		21
3		The machine in the ghost : a dual process model of defense against conscious and unconscious death-related thought by Tom Pyszczynski and Jeff Greenberg and Sheldon Solomon		40
4		Habits and the structure of motivation in everyday life by Wendy Wood and Jeffrey M. Quinn		55
5		Motivation in social settings : studies of effort-related cardiovascular arousal by Guido H. E. Gendolla and Rex A. Wright		71
6		Reflection and impulse as determinants of conscious and unconscious motivation by Fritz Strack and Roland Deutsch		91
7		The role of motivation in the unconscious : how our motives control the activation of our thoughts and shape our actions by Steven J. Spencer and Steven Fein and Erin J. Strahan and Mark P. Zanna		113
8		From evolved motives to everyday mentation: evolution, goals, and cognition by Steven L. Neuberg and Douglas T. Kenrick and Jon K. Maner and Mark Schaller		133
9		Automatic goal inference and contagion : on pursuing goals one perceives in other people's behavior by Henk Aarts and Ran R. Hassin		153
10		The interaction between affect and motivation in social judgments and behavior by Joseph P. Forgas and Simon M. Laham		168
11		Internal and external encoding style and social motivation by Pawel Lewicki		194
12		Authenticity, social motivation, and psychological adjustment by Michael H. Kernis and Brian M. Goldman		210
13		Motivation and construct accessibility by Nira Liberman and Jens Forster		228
14		Self-regulatory processes in interracial interactions : the role of internal and external motivation to respond without prejudice by Patricia G. Devine and Amanda B. Brodish and Stephanie L. Vance		249
15		Exploring the discrepancy between implicit and explicit prejudice : a test of aversive racism theory by Leanne S. Son Hing and Greg A. Chung-Yan and Robert Grunfeld and Lori K. Robichaud and Mark P. Zanna		274
		More...

"Well written scholarly, and engaging. Even the most complex ideas are lucidly expressed...This book definitely belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in nuanced, thoughtful summaries of current research programs exploring the conscious and unconscious mechanisms...of motivated social behavior." Contemporary Psychology

 Be the first to write a customer review