Motivation

Herbert L. Petri is a Professor at Towson University, where he has been recognized on five separate occasions for his excellent teaching. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Johns Hopkins University, teaching the Motivation course since 1986. Dr. Petri has studied the role of physiological, behavioral, and cognitive mechanisms of motivation, memory, and learning for more than 35 years. His research has led to published articles on the underlying circuitry of memory, drug actions on learning and memory, and reviews of motivational processes. He received his B.A. degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University. John M. Govern is a Professor at Towson University, where he has taught since 1989. His primary research interest is in social cognition. He earned a B.S. in Psychobiology from Albright College and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Temple University.

Part 1: PREVIEW.
1. Evolution and Motivation.
2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Motivation.
Part 2: PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF MOTIVATION.
3. Genetic Contributions to Motivated Behavior.
4. Psychological Mechanisms of Arousal.
5. Physiological Mechanisms of Regulation.
Part 3: BEHAVIORAL PROCESSES OF MOTIVATION.
6. Learned Motives I: Classical, Instrumental and Observational Learning.
7. Learned Motives II: Incentive Motivation.
8. Hedonism.
Part 4: COGNITIVE MECHANISMS OF MOTIVATION.
9. Cognitive Motivation: Expectancy-Value Approaches.
10. Cognitive Motivation: Social Motivation and Consistency.
11. Cognitive Motivation: Attribution Approaches.
12. Cognitive Motivation: Competence and Control.
Part 5: EMOTION PROCESSES AND MOTIVATION.
13. The Emotions as Motivators.
Part 6: ENDVIEW.
14. Conclusions.