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Motivation : an experimental approach created by Eva Dreikurs Ferguson ; with a chapter contribution by Richard E Musty

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976Description: 453 pages. illustrations 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 00301227262
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF503 FER
Contents:
Introduction: the construct of motivation -- Methodological issues -- Doing an experiment -- Dynamic tension: generalized drive, arousal, activation -- Dynamogenic factors in motivation: I. Activity -- Dynamogenic factors in motivation: II. Tension and arousal -- Homeostatic drives and consummatory behavior: hunger and thirst / Richard E. Musty -- Drive, reward, cognition, and incentive -- Escape, avoidance, and anxiety -- Success, failure, causal beliefs, and need for achievement -- Social motivation and behavior: I. Aggression and mastery -- Social motivation and behavior: II. Love, affection, and sex -- Appendix: the t test
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Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf BF503 FER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 149137 Available BK136239

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the construct of motivation -- Methodological issues -- Doing an experiment -- Dynamic tension: generalized drive, arousal, activation -- Dynamogenic factors in motivation: I. Activity -- Dynamogenic factors in motivation: II. Tension and arousal -- Homeostatic drives and consummatory behavior: hunger and thirst / Richard E. Musty -- Drive, reward, cognition, and incentive -- Escape, avoidance, and anxiety -- Success, failure, causal beliefs, and need for achievement -- Social motivation and behavior: I. Aggression and mastery -- Social motivation and behavior: II. Love, affection, and sex -- Appendix: the t test

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