Motivation Theories and Principles

This experimentally-oriented book provides a critical examination of research and theory with a topical approach. It covers a broad range of motivational concepts from both human and animal theory and research, with an emphasis on the biological bases of motivation.Chapter topics include the nature of motivation theory; species-specific behaviors; eating and taste; thirst, temperature regulation, addiction, and reproduction; drive and activation; rewards as both reinforcers and incentives; escape, fear, avoidance, and punishment; frustration, anxiety, stress, and coping; aggression and altruism; personality and individual differences; attitudes and cognitive consistency; interpersonal attraction; and applications of motivation theory.For individuals interested in the motivation of humans and animals.

I. ORIENTATION.

1. The Nature of Motivation Theory.
2. Emotional Foundations of Motivation.
3. Species-Specific Behaviors.

II. THE REGULATION OF INTERNAL STATES.

4. Eating and Taste.
5. Thirst, Temperature Regulation, Addiction, and Reproduction.
6. Drive and Activation.

III. THE REGULATION OF BEHAVIOR.

7. Rewards as Reinforcers.
8. Rewards as Incentives.
9. Escape, Fear, Avoidance, and Punishment.
10. Frustration, Anxiety, Stress, and Coping.
11. Aggression and Altruism.

IV. PERSONALITY, SOCIAL, AND COGNATIVE MOTIVES.

12. Personality and Individual Differences.
13. Attitudes and Cognitive Consistency.
14. Interpersonal Attraction.
15. Applications of Motivation Theory.
References.

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