ISBN:
9780203833995
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (293 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Frontiers of Social Psychology Ser
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302/.1
Keywords:
Motivation (Psychology) Social aspects
;
Motivation (Psychology) - Social aspects
;
Motivation (Psychology) - Social aspects
;
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Abstract:
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 renowned specialists in their field who provide in-depth and integrated coverage of the major empirical and theoretical contributions in their area. Social Motivation is essential reading for all social psychologists with an interest in social-motivational processes, and will also be of interest to people working in political science and cultural studies looking for a psychological perspective to work in their field.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the Editor -- Contributors -- 1 Social Motivation: Some Introductory Notes -- 2 Interpersonal Threats and Automatic Motives -- 3 Belonging Motivation: Establishing, Maintaining, and Repairing Relational Value -- 4 Cultural Variation in the Motivation of Self-Expression -- 5 Sharing Motivation -- 6 Four Forms of Prosocial Motivation: Egoism, Altruism, Collectivism, and Principlism -- 7 Why Do People Get Involved? Motivations for Volunteerism and Other Forms of Social Action -- 8 Understanding the Psychology of Trust -- 9 Social Endocrinology: Hormones and Social Motivation -- 10 Power Basis Theory: A Psychoecological Approach to Power -- 11 System Justification Theory as Compliment, Complement, and Corrective to Theories of Social Identification and Social Dominance -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; 1 Social Motivation: Some Introductory Notes; 2 Interpersonal Threats and Automatic Motives; 3 Belonging Motivation: Establishing, Maintaining, and Repairing Relational Value; 4 Cultural Variation in the Motivation of Self-Expression; 5 Sharing Motivation; 6 Four Forms of Prosocial Motivation: Egoism, Altruism, Collectivism, and Principlism; 7 Why Do People Get Involved? Motivations for Volunteerism and Other Forms of Social Action; 8 Understanding the Psychology of Trust
Description / Table of Contents:
9 Social Endocrinology: Hormones and Social Motivation10 Power Basis Theory: A Psychoecological Approach to Power; 11 System Justification Theory as Compliment, Complement, and Corrective to Theories of Social Identification and Social Dominance; Author Index; Subject Index
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