Understanding Motivation and Emotion

by Johnmarshall Reeve

Overview

• Explores the spectrum of conditions that affect what we want and what we do.
• Expands theory and finding into practical application for work, school, and home.
• Provides clear, concise explanations for complex topics of motivation.
• Describes where the latest research fits into the overall picture of motivation.
• Includes an Instructor's Manual and Test Bank featuring discussion questions, activities, central principles, and other tools.

The past 15 years have seen an explosion of useful research surrounding human motivation and emotion; new insights allow researchers to answer the perennial questions, including "What do people want?" and "Why do they want what they want?" By delving into the roots of motivation, the emotional processes at work, and the impacts on learning, performance, and well-being, Understanding Motivation and Emotion, 8th Edition provides a toolbox of practical interventions and approaches for use in a wide variety of settings.

In the midst of the field's "golden age," there has never been a better time to merge new understanding and practical application to improve people's lives. Useful in schools, the workplace, clinical settings, health care, sports, industry, business, and even interpersonal relationships, these concepts are profoundly powerful; incorporated into the state-of-the-art intervention programs detailed in Understanding Motivation and Emotion, 8^th Edition, they can enhance people's motivation, emotion, and outlook while answering the core questions of any human interaction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781394219049
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/04/2024
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Dr. Johnmarshall Reeve is a Professor in the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at the Australian Catholic University in Sydney, Australia. He received his PhD in General Experimental Psychology from Texas Christian University in the USA and completed postdoctoral work at the University of Rochester. His research focuses on all aspects of human motivation and emotion, but mostly on autonomy-supportive teaching, students' classroom engagement, and the neuroscience of intrinsic motivation. He has authored 4 books, edited 3 books, and published 94 articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, and American Psychologist. Prof. Reeve served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Motivation and Emotion (2011-2017), and he serves on the editorial board of five journals. He has received multiple research-based awards, including the Thomas N. Urban Research Award from the FINE Foundation for research to enhance educational practice, twice for research excellence, and twice for the outstanding article published in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. His research is highly cited: h-index of 81 with 51,015 citations, according to Google Scholar. Additional information is available at johnmarshallreeve.wordpress.com.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: History

Chapter 3: Motivated and Emotional Brain

Part 2: Needs

Chapter 4: Biological Needs

Chapter 5: Psychological Needs

Chapter 6: Extrinsic Motivation and Internalization

Part 3: Cognitions

Chapter 7: Goal Setting and Goal Striving

Chapter 8: Mindsets

Chapter 9: Personal Control Beliefs

Chapter 10: The Self and Its Strivings

Part 4: Emotions

Chapter 11: Nature of Emotion: Six Perennial Questions

Chapter 12: Aspects of Emotion

Chapter 13: Individual Emotions and Feelings

Part 5: Applied Concerns

Chapter 14: Growth Motivation & Positive Psychology

Chapter 15: Unconscious Motivation

Chapter 16: Interventions