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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455926303321

Autore

Wright Rex A

Titolo

Motivational analyses of social behavior [[electronic resource] ] : building on Jack Brehm's contributions to psychology / / Rex A. Wright, Jeff Greenberg & Sharon S. Brehm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003

ISBN

1-282-32095-5

9786612320958

1-4106-1008-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GreenbergJeff

BrehmSharon S

Disciplina

302

Soggetti

Motivation (Psychology)

Social psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; I ABOUT JACK; 1 Biographical Sketch and Personal Perspectives; 2 Early Friendship Lasting; II INFLUENCES; 3 Dissonance Theory: History and Progress; 4 From Cognitive Dissonance to the Motivational Functions of Emotions; 5 Self-Awareness, Self-Motives, and Self-Motivation; 6 Willful Determinism: Exploring the Possibilities of Freedom; 7 The Role of Distance in Valuing Another Person 1; 8 The Diamond in the Stone: Exploring the Place of Free Behavior in Studies of Human Rights and Culture

9 Responses to Scarcity: A Commodity Theory Perspective on Reactance and Rumination 10 Risk and Reactance: Applying Social-Psychological Theory to the Study of Health Behavior; 11 From State to Trait and Back Again: Reactance Theory Goes Clinical; 12 Ability Perception Determinants of Effort-Related Cardiovascular Response: Mood, Optimism, and Performance Resources; 13 The Intensity of Motivation When the Self Is Involved: An Application of Brehm's Theory of Motivation to Effort-Related Cardiovascular Response; 14 The Self-



Regulation of Goal Pursuit; III REFLECTIONS

15 Observations From Mount Oread Jack Brehm's PhD Students; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book honors Jack W. Brehm's contributions to psychology, all of which revolve around a central theme of motivation and social behavior. It begins with two personal chapters and then presents a collection of cutting-edge, substantive chapters authored by researchers whose work Brehm has strongly influenced. It concludes with a chapter by Jack Brehm that reflects on the field of psychology, discusses a new theory of social influence, and offers ideas about the direction in which our understanding of human behavior could move.  Motivational Analyses of Social Behavior w