Motivation
The Science of Giving
Experimental Approaches to the Study of Charity
- Edited by Danny Oppenheimer, and Christopher Olivola.
Published October 2010
Americans donate over 300 billion dollars a year to charity, but the psychological factors that govern whether to give, and how much to give, are still not well understood. Our understanding of charitable giving is based primarily upon the intuitions of fundraisers or correlational data which…
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Social Motivation
- Edited by David Dunning.
Published October 2010
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 all the major topics in social motivation. All contributors…
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Progress in Psychological Science around the World. Volume 1 Neural, Cognitive and Developmental Issues.
Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Psychology
- Edited by Qicheng Jing, Mark R. Rosenzweig, Gery d'Ydewalle, Houcan Zhang, Hsuan-Chih Chen and Kan Zhang.
Published July 2006
Progress in Psychological Science around the World, Volumes 1 and 2, present the main contributions from the 28th International Congress of Psychology, held in Beijing in 2004. These expert contributions include the Nobel laureate address, the Presidential address, and the Keynote and…
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Motivation and Emotion in Sport
Reversal Theory
- By John H. Kerr.
Published June 1999
Why did Michael Jordan quit basketball and take up baseball? Why was Martina Navratilova so successful as a professional tennis player? These and many other questions about aspects of motivation and emotion in sport are addressed in this book which is newly available in paperback. Reversal theory's…
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