Human Motivation by Bernard Weiner - 9781138002432

Taylor & Francis

Human MotivationAuthor(s): Bernard Weiner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Psychology Press Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781138002432, 978-1138002432\nSynopsis\nWeiner introduces -- and offers his own motivation for producing - - this most impressive work with the following: \n\nThere are two distinct approaches to the study of motivation. One stratagem is a product of academic, experimental procedures, while the second is an outgrowth of clinical, non-experimental methods. Each of the approaches has unique advantages and disadvantages. But all investigators in this field are guided by a single basic question, namely, \""Why do organisms think and behave as they do?\""\n\n To help answer that basic question, Human Motivation presents an entire range of motivation studies -- from psychoanalytic, social learning and humanistic theory; to social facilitation, arousal, emotions, personal responsibility, and the irrationality of attributions; through chapt.