Motivation is that which moves us to action. Human motivation is thus a complex issue, as people are moved to action by both their evolved natures and by myriad familial, social and cultural influences. The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation collects the top theorists and researchers of human motivation into a single volume, capturing the current state-of-the-art in this fast developing field. The book includes theoretical overviews from some of the best-known thinkers in this area, including chapters on Social Learning Theory, Control Theory, Self-determination theory, Terror Management theory, and the Promotion and Prevention perspective. Topical chapters appear on phenomena such as ego-depletion, flow, curiosity, implicit motives, and personal interests. A section specifically highlights goal research, including chapters on goal regulation, achievement goals, the dynamics of choice, unconscious goals and process versus outcome focus. Still other chapters focus on evolutionary and biological underpinnings of motivation, including chapters on cardiovascular dynamics, mood, and neuropsychology. Finally, chapters bring motivation down to earth in reviewing its impact within relationships, and in applied areas such as psychotherapy, work, education, sport, and physical activity. By providing reviews of the most advanced work by the very best scholars in this field, The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation represents an invaluable resource for both researchers and practitioners, as well as any student of human nature.
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This is an outstanding book that has great references on motivation theory and the research that backs … This is an outstanding book that has great references on motivation theory and the research that backs it up. This is certainly no self help book but you would do wise to buy is and help yourself to all of the wise and sound infomation that it contains.
Look somewhere else. This book has a lot of words, but nothing to learn. I can’t be the only one that got that impression right? I thought this book made an art of stretching sequences of words that were empty, but seemed like they actually aren’t empty. I read each chapter and then wondered what exactly I had learned. My advice is to look somewhere else.