Understanding Motivation and Emotion

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Motivation and Emotion in Historical Perspective
Chapter 3 The Motivated and Emotional Brain
Chapter 4 Physiological Needs
Chapter 5 Extrinsic Motivation and Internalization
Chapter 6 Psychological Needs
Chapter 7 Implicit Motives
Chapter 8 Goal Setting and Goal Striving
Chapter 9 Mindsets
Chapter 10 Personal Control Beliefs
Chapter 11 The Self and Its Strivings
Chapter 12 Nature of Emotion: Six Perennial Questions
Chapter 13 Aspects of Emotion
Chapter 14 Individual Emotions
Chapter 15 Growth Motivation and Positive Psychology
Chapter 16 Unconscious Motivation
Chapter 17 Interventions
References
Author Index
Subject Index

The past ten 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, the seventh edition of Understanding Motivation and Emotion provides a toolbox of practical interventions and approaches for use in a wide variety of settings.