Forgas, Joseph P

Social Motivation : conscious and unconscious processes / edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Kipling D. Williams , Simon M. Laham - New York Cambridge University Press 2006 - xx, 386p. 23 cm. - Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology 5 .

Includes index

This book presents ground-breaking research by leading international researchers on the nature, functions and characteristics of social motivation. Its contributors focus on a variety of issues, such as the functions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and the subtle roles that habits and goals play in producing and maintaining motivated social behaviors. Recent discoveries in the psychology of motivation relevant to everyday social behaviors and clinical, organizational, educational and counseling practices receive particular attention.

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Psychology
Motivation

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