With a new evolutionary theme, Petri's book covers the biological, behavioral, and cognitive explanations for human motivation. The advantages and drawbacks to each of these explanations are presented, allowing students to draw their own conclusions. Students want to know why they behave the way they do. To help students understand the processes that activate their behavior, Petri uses examples drawn from such contemporary topics as sexual behavior, aggression, eating disorders, and obesity to capture and keep students interested. To help students master and retain the information covered, this edition builds upon the text's simple and direct language with expanded pedagogy-including preview questions at the beginning of every chapter, end of chapter summaries, key terms, Web links, and suggestions for further reading.
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"Given the wide variety of different topics important to the field of motivation, I think the author has done a good job integrating and relating many of the issues with each chapter.
"Each chapter had a considerable amount of new and interesting studies that will enhance the appeal of the book. The physiological chapters were greatly improved with current research."
"Each chapter had a considerable amount of new and interesting studies that will enhance the appeal of the book. The physiological chapters were greatly improved with current research."
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Herbert L. Petri received his B. A. degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He has taught at Towson University since receiving his doctorate and has been recognized on five separate occasions for his excellent teaching. Dr. Petri is also Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Johns Hopkins University where he has taught the Motivation course since 1986.
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little disappointed,
This review is from: Motivation: Theory, Research, and Applications (with InfoTrac) (Hardcover)
i was a little disappointed in this purchase. the book had a lot of highlighting in it and there was no mention of highlighting when i purchased it. otherwise the book is in good condition.
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Average textbook.,
This review is from: Motivation: Theory, Research, and Applications (with InfoTrac) (Hardcover)
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Small size Complete index plus a nifty "main ideas" index Cons: Not a lot of good figures or pictures. Some concepts are not well explained.
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