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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957689103321

Titolo

Social motivation / / edited by David Dunning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-84719-7

1-136-84720-0

1-283-04162-6

9786613041623

0-203-83399-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

Frontiers of social psychology

Altri autori (Persone)

DunningDavid (David A.)

Disciplina

302/.1

Soggetti

Motivation (Psychology) - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Social motivation : some introductory notes / David Dunning -- Interpersonal threats and automatic motives / Justin H. Park and Abraham P. Buunk -- Belonging motivation : establishing, maintaining, and repairing relational value / Mark R. Leary and Ashley Batts Allen -- Cultural variation in the motivation of self-expression / Heejung S. Kim and Thai Q. Chu -- Sharing motivation / Gregory M. Walton and Geoffrey L. Cohen -- Four forms of prosocial motivation : egoism, altruism, collectivism, and principlism / C. Daniel Batson, Nadia Ahmad, and E.L. Stocks -- Why do people get involved? Motivations for volunteerism and other forms of social action / Clelia Anna Mannino, Mark Snyder, and Allen M. Omoto -- Understanding the psychology of trust / David Dunning and Detlef Fetchenhauer -- Social endocrinology: hormones and social motivation / Pranjal H. Mehta and Robert A. Josephs -- Power basis theory : a psychoecological approach to power / Felicia Pratto ... [et al.] -- System justification theory as compliment, complement, and corrective to theories of social identification and social dominance / John T. Jost.

Sommario/riassunto

Motivational science is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in social psychology, incorporating multiple perspectives from social-personality research. This volume provides students and researchers



with a comprehensive overview of major topics in social motivation. All contributors are renowned specialists in their field who provide in-depth and integrated coverage of the major empirical and theoretical contributions in their area.Social Motivation is essential reading for all social psychologists with an interest in social-motivational processes, and will al