Understanding Motivation and Emotion [Hardcover]

Johnmarshall Reeve (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471456195 | ISBN-13: 978-0471456193 | Publication Date: March 31, 2004 | Edition: 4

Gain a greater understanding of motivation, where it comes from, how and why it changes over time, and how motivation can be increased and its quality enhanced. Learn how to apply the principles of motivation in such settings as schools, the workplace, the athletic field, counseling, and one’s own personal strivings. Features:

• Comprehensive coverage:  all aspects of motivation study, including biological, cognitive, social, etc.
• Practical perspective on motivation study: numerous how-to applications that show how to motivate yourself and others.
• Clear and concise writing style: translates the research  in ways that are easy to understand.

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From the Back Cover

Why do people do what they do?
Why do people feel what they feel?
How can one person help motivate another?

Addressing these key questions and more, Johnmarshall Reeve’s Understanding Motivation and Emotion, Fourth Edition helps readers understand motivation, where it comes from, how and why it changes over time, and how motivation can be increased and its quality enhanced. The book also shows how to apply the principles of motivation in such settings as schools, the workplace, the athletic field, counseling, and one’s own personal strivings.

Now revised and updated to reflect the exciting recent advances in the field, this Fourth Edition features a new chapter on The Motivated and Emotional Brain (Chapter 3), new coverage of positive psychology, new Putting It All Together sections at the end of each chapter, and twice as many examples and illustrations as the prior edition.

Features:

• Comprehensive coverage: Content covers all aspects of motivation study, including biological, cognitive, social, etc.
• Practical perspective on motivation study: Almost every chapter walks the reader through a how-to application, showing students how to motivate themselves and others.
• Clear and concise writing style: Compared to other texts, this book better interprets and translates the research in motivation in ways that are easy to understand.
• Up-to-date coverage: Readers can turn to almost any page in the textbook and find a reference to a study published in 2000 or later.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 576 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (March 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471456195
• ISBN-13: 978-0471456193
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very dense, but great information, June 28, 2011

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This review is from: Understanding Motivation and Emotion (Hardcover)

I'm new to the field of psychology, and this has been a great introduction to motivation. However, it is very dense and requires making tabs and using highlighters if you plan to really learn the information in it. For a lighter (but still informative) read on motivation, check out Edward Deci books.

8 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Emotions Play A Big Part in Relationships of All Kinds., June 11, 2006

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This review is from: Understanding Motivation and Emotion (Hardcover)

Historians explore the early experiences of Lincoln, Churchill, Einstein, Hitler, and Napoleon to find the beginnings of the motivation which shaped their careers. Attempting to learn why people do what they do in particular places and times help to understand their motivations and the consequences. Basic reality is that each and every person is living in and reacting to his environment in different ways at different times. Cyclical changes take place according to the immediate environments and the participants in this drama called life.

This scholar used a 'mnemonic visual scheme' to aid the readers in selecting the approaches needed in any given situation. Some of us continue to make the mistake of reacting "in kind" a destructive devise which causes misery for all -- and total confusion for the male species, as he's never wrong.

When unusual behavior of an individual arouses speculation, his changed patterns are questioned in a psychological manner. Like having a dual personality to explain the unexpected reactions to a puzzling situation, referring to desires, wishes, or impulses. I admit that on occasion I have been pushed to resort to impulsive behavior when challenged in an abusive manner.

No matter what Freud proclaimed, no one can go back in time to relive his life in a different sequence and pattern. There is currently a new movie out with this silly aspect. What we are now is a product of past experiences, and this can't be changed. What can is a person's attitude (thanks WM); many attitudes taught to children as 'black and white,' 'right and wrong,' or 'good and bad' become "gray" when they become adults. It's called a double standard.

Attitude is the person's probable response pattern. When he reacts in a manner not usual for him, it is declared boldly that he has a "bad attitude." Good attitude means suppressing the way a person really feels (feelings are judgments of momentary experiences, not a bad thing all-in-all). To hold an attitude about something, he must have experienced or learned about that something at an earlier point in time. These earlier responses are the "core" of his present attitudinal experience. Who's to say he is wrong? It's been proven that initial learning and early learning establish attitudes very firmly. Attitude can be altered as a result of the persuasion of some respected person of greater age or experience!

Reacting emotionally involves impulsive, overly energetic attacks on some features of the immediate situation; these emotional episodes are usually disruptive while they are occurring. What scholars forget is that there was a "cause" to make one respond with so much emotion. Nothing happens without a cause. Are we to be motivated to become liars, fakes, and hypocrites in today's society, not high (rich folks') society. All of that is falseness of the worst sort.

Cognitive factors appear to be indispensable elements in any formulation of emotion; distinguishing between reactive facial responses in emotional situation, and facial expressions in social communication -- who can see your expression in e-mail? Phone conversations reflect the hurt you've endured and are much better at working things out to suit each participant in the explosive situation. Leaving things left unsaid is the worst possible solution.