Motivational analyses of social behavior building on Jack Brehm's contributions to psychology
This book honors Jack W. Brehm's contributions to psychology, all of which revolve around a central theme of motivation and social behavior. It begins with two personal chapters and then presents a collection of cutting-edge, substantive chapters authored by researchers whose work Brehm has str...
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Mahwah, N.J. :
Lawrence Erlbaum
2003.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798009806719 |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; I ABOUT JACK; 1 Biographical Sketch and Personal Perspectives; 2 Early Friendship Lasting; II INFLUENCES; 3 Dissonance Theory: History and Progress; 4 From Cognitive Dissonance to the Motivational Functions of Emotions; 5 Self-Awareness, Self-Motives, and Self-Motivation; 6 Willful Determinism: Exploring the Possibilities of Freedom; 7 The Role of Distance in Valuing Another Person 1; 8 The Diamond in the Stone: Exploring the Place of Free Behavior in Studies of Human Rights and Culture
- 9 Responses to Scarcity: A Commodity Theory Perspective on Reactance and Rumination 10 Risk and Reactance: Applying Social-Psychological Theory to the Study of Health Behavior; 11 From State to Trait and Back Again: Reactance Theory Goes Clinical; 12 Ability Perception Determinants of Effort-Related Cardiovascular Response: Mood, Optimism, and Performance Resources; 13 The Intensity of Motivation When the Self Is Involved: An Application of Brehm's Theory of Motivation to Effort-Related Cardiovascular Response; 14 The Self-Regulation of Goal Pursuit; III REFLECTIONS
- 15 Observations From Mount Oread Jack Brehm's PhD Students; Author Index; Subject Index
