This experimentally-oriented book provides a critical examination of research and theory with a topical approach. It covers a broad range of motivational concepts from both human and animal theory and research, with an emphasis on the biological bases of motivation. Chapter topics include the nature of motivation theory; species-specific behaviors; eating and taste; thirst, temperature regulation, addiction, and reproduction; drive and activation; rewards as both reinforcers and incentives; escape, fear, avoidance, and punishment; frustration, anxiety, stress, and coping; aggression and altruism; personality and individual differences; attitudes and cognitive consistency; interpersonal attraction; and applications of motivation theory. For individuals interested in the motivation of humans and animals.
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An overview of the theories and principles of animal and human motivation -- with an emphasis on empirical research.
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This experimentally-oriented book provides a critical examination of research and theory with a topical approach. It covers a broad range of motivational concepts from both human and animal theory and research, with an emphasis on the biological bases of motivation. Chapter topics include the nature of motivation theory; species-specific behaviors; eating and taste; thirst, temperature regulation, addiction, and reproduction; drive and activation; rewards as both reinforcers and incentives; escape, fear, avoidance, and punishment; frustration, anxiety, stress, and coping; aggression and altruism; personality and individual differences; attitudes and cognitive consistency; interpersonal attraction; and applications of motivation theory. For individuals interested in the motivation of humans and animals.
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This review is from: Motivation: Theories and Principles (5th Edition) (Paperback)
Ok, I'm going to admit from the beginning that I can't write an unbiased review of this book, because the writer was also my professor, and therefore our classes every day followed closely to the book and made perfect sense with the book. However, since I read the assigned chapters before having the topic in class, I can say that I found the book easy to understand and follow, and not as bone crushingly boring as so many text books can be.
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Attn Professors: please do NOT choose this textbook,
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This review is from: Motivation: Theories and Principles (5th Edition) (Paperback)
This textbook is truly awful. The beginning is laid out with the semblance of neatness and organization but once you delve deeper into the chapters, chaos begins. First, the book is poorly edited. There are multiple spelling mistakes and the book even misnames some conditions. For example, in one section the author refers to "anorexia bulimia" and by the description, the author wanted to say bulimia nervosa. Then, in the chapter summary, there is no mention of "anorexia bulimia" but he mentions bulimia nervosa. This is only one example of the poor editing. The editing was so poor and I became so frustrated with it, I compiled a list of many of the errors. Secondly, the author is unable to communicate the subject matter effectively. I could read a paragraph over and over and still not grasp the meaning of the paragraph. Beck takes tangents and elaborates on elementary principles that any student taking a motivation class should already know. However, he fails to elaborate on concepts that should be new to the student. Chapter summaries sometimes do not reflect the chapter content. The author uses unnecessary words that don't fit the context. It is a difficult read to say the least. I am normally a mild-tempered person but I frequently had the urge to throw this book out of the window in frustration. I have been in university full-time for six years (because I love learning, not because I failed) and this has been the worst textbook I have encountered. I am pleading to those professors out there who are trying to find a good textbook for their course - please do not choose this one!
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This review is from: Motivation: Theories and Principles (5th Edition) (Paperback)
The book was useable, however it looked pretty rough. The binding was ripped and it had a lot of highlighted pages. It was supposed to be like new but I didn't feel this was the case.
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