Basic Motivation and Human Behaviour - Velibor Bobo Kovac

Basic Motivation and Human Behaviour

Control, Affiliation and Self-expression
Buch | Softcover
249 Seiten
2020 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-69194-4 (ISBN)
64,15 inkl. MwSt
These tendencies are conceptualised as systems of interrelated psychological needs that guide and govern a variety of human actions.

As such, this book should be useful to upper-level students and researchers of cognitive and social psychology and all scholars interested in human motivation.
This book explores how and why humans are motivated to act in the ways that they do. The chapters examine the origins of a given action rather than their superficial appearance, which can often  be misleading. Kovac integrates the existing knowledge of the field of motivation into a greater theoretical framework by adopting both analytical and holistic perspectives.

This theoretical framework suggests that all human behaviour evolves from the three fundamental underlying tendencies connected to the concepts of control, affiliation and self-expression that are further modified by the mechanism of balanced dual tension. These tendencies are conceptualised as systems of interrelated psychological needs that guide and govern a variety of human actions.



As such, this book should be useful to upper-level students and researchers of cognitive and social psychology and all scholars interested in human motivation. 

Velibor Bobo Kovac is a Professor at the Department of Education at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, where he teaches courses in psychology, special education, research methods and history of education. His research interests include studies on addictive behaviours, motivational theory and assessments of student behaviours in various contexts.  

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Historical and Contemporary Background.- Chapter 3. Control Motivational System.- Chapter 4. Affiliation Motivational System.- Chapter 5. The Self-expression Motivational System.- Chapter 6. The Mechanisms of Control, Affiliation and Self-expression.- Chapter 7. Critical Theoretical Concerns.- Chapter 8. Summary and Conclusions.          

  

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo V, 249 p.
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
Schlagworte Behavioural Psychology • Choice • Decision Making • Emotion • Identity • Social Psychology
ISBN-10 1-349-69194-1 / 1349691941
ISBN-13 978-1-349-69194-4 / 9781349691944
Zustand Neuware
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