Research Catalog

Title

Human motivation : metaphors, theories, and research / Bernard Weiner.

Author

Weiner, Bernard, 1935-

Publication

Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, ©1992.

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Description

xii, 391 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

"Human Motivation qualifies both as a superb textbook for upper- division psychology majors and graduate students and as an important sourcebook for motivational scholars and researchers. ... Readers will be pleased to find that this text is extraordinarily well written, with a style not unlike that of a good novel. Other desirable features, from a teaching perspective, are 12 illustrative experiments for students to complete and interspersed biographical sketches of eminent motivational theorists. ... Bernard Weiner's volume represents the culmination of years of research and scholarship and will offer an array of insights to students who are more advanced. It is also likely to be used as a motivation sourcebook for years to come."--Contemporary Psychology Use the quote above for next mailing 9/93 "This is a truly outstanding work, comprehensive in its coverage and innovative in its approach. By using the device of metaphor, Bernard Weiner has brilliantly clarified the relationship among the different theoretical perspectives on motivation. Encompassing both research and theory, the volume surveys classical and recent motivation theories, and culminates in an exciting and challenging new perspective. The book qualifies both as a highly attractive text and as an essential volume for all motivational psychologists. Highly recommended. This brilliant work effectively communicates the excitement of research on the 'whys' of human behavior, a field to which Weiner himself has been a major contributor. Rather than just presenting one theory after another Weiner has organized them in an original and easy-to-comprehend fashion."--Paul McReynolds, Emeritus Professor, University of Nevada--Reno.

Subject

• Motivation (Psychology)
• Motivation (Psychologie)
• Motivationspsychologie
• Motivation
• Motivatie
• Motivacao
• Psicologia cognitiva
• Motivation (psychologie)
• menselijk gedrag
• human behaviour
• motivatie
• Emotion
• Emotie

Genre/Form

Einführung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-381) and indexes.

Contents

Preface -- Ch. 1 Introduction and Overview (starting p. 1) -- Definition of Motivational Psychology (starting p. 1) -- Characteristics of a "Good" Motivational Explanation (starting p. 2) -- Problem- Versus Theory-Focused Textbooks (starting p. 4) -- The Nature of Being (starting p. 6) -- Metaphors and the Nature of Being (starting p. 11) -- Metaphors and the Study of Human Motivation (starting p. 13) -- Overview of the Book (starting p. 14) -- Ch. 2 Psychoanalytic, Ethological, and Sociobiological Theories: Mechanism in Biology (starting p. 23) -- Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory of Motivation (starting p. 23) -- Ethology and Mechanism (starting p. 41) -- Sociobiology (starting p. 48) -- General Summary (starting p. 58) -- Ch. 3 Drive Theory (starting p. 59) -- Freud and Hull: Some Conceptual Comparisons (starting p. 59) -- Mechanistic Learning Theory Prior to Hull (starting p. 61) -- The Drive Concept (starting p. 63) -- Empirical Support for Drive Theory (starting p. 67) -- Secondary (Learned) Drives (starting p. 72) -- Incentives (starting p. 75) -- Anxiety (starting p. 79) -- Conflict (starting p. 86) -- Frustration (starting p. 93) -- Social Facilitation (starting p. 97) -- Ch. 4 Gestalt Theory and Its Derivatives: Field Theory and Balance (starting p. 111) -- Gestalt Psychology (starting p. 111) -- Field Theory (starting p. 113) -- Empirical Research (starting p. 124) -- Balance Theory (starting p. 140) -- Epilogue to the Machine Metaphor (starting p. 149) -- Ch. 5 Expectancy-Value Theories: Humans as All-Knowing Decision Makers (starting p. 159) -- Criticisms of the Mechanistic Concepts of Habit and Drive (starting p. 159) -- Theoretical Assumptions and Relation to Decision Theory (starting p. 161) -- Lewin's Resultant Valence Theory (starting p. 163) -- Atkinson's Theory of Achievement Motivation (starting p. 168) -- A Theory of Achievement Motivation (starting p. 180) -- Rotter's Social Learning Theory (starting p. 202) -- General Summary (starting p. 219) -- Ch. 6 Attributional Theories of Motivation: Persons as Scientists (starting p. 221) -- Personal Construct Theory (starting p. 222) -- Attribution Theory (starting p. 229) -- Attribution and Motivation (starting p. 232) -- The Content of Causal Thinking (starting p. 246) -- Causal Dimensions (Properties) (starting p. 248) -- Motivational Dynamics of Perceived Causality: Expectancy of Success (starting p. 253) -- Motivational Dynamics of Perceived Causality: Self-Esteem (starting p. 270) -- An Attributional Theory of Motivation (starting p. 277) -- Epilogue to the Complete Rationality Assumption (the Godlike Metaphor) (starting p. 287) -- Ch. 7 Humans as Evaluating Judges (starting p. 301) -- Emotion (starting p. 302) -- Emotions and Motivation (starting p. 313) -- Helping Behavior (starting p. 314) -- Aggression (starting p. 329) -- Interpersonal Relationships (starting p. 331) -- Achievement Appraisal (starting p. 334) -- Impression Management Techniques (starting p. 337) -- Ch. 8 Review, Theoretical Comparisons, and Final Comments (starting p. 343) -- Altruism and Help Giving (starting p. 344) -- Aggression (starting p. 345) -- Achievement Strivings and Expectancy of Success (starting p. 347) -- Affective Antecedents and Consequences (starting p. 348) -- Behavioral Change (starting p. 350) -- Theoretical Comparisons (starting p. 351) -- Barriers to the Formulation of a General Theory of Motivation (starting p. 354) -- Principles for the Construction of a General Theory of Motivation (starting p. 358) -- A Concluding Note (starting p. 364) -- References (starting p. 365) -- Author Index (starting p. 383) -- Subject Index (starting p. 389) -- About the Author (starting p. 393)

ISBN

• 0803946589
• 9780803946583
• 0761904913
• 9780761904915

LCCN

91042869

OCLC

• ocm25008544
• 25008544
• SCSB-1969189

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library