Social Motivation Conscious and Unconscious Processes [Hardcover]

This presents research by leading international researchers on the nature, functions and characteristics of social motivation.This book presents ground-breaking research by leading internati onal researchers on the nature, functions and characteristics of social motivation. Contributors focus on a variety of issues, such as the functions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and the subtle roles that habits, goals, affect and effort play in producing and maintaining motivated social behaviors. Throughout the book, the delicate interplay between conscious, rational and unconscious, automatic mechanisms is emphasized in determining motivational processes. The implications of recent discoveries in the psychology of motivation for our understanding of everyday social behaviors and for clinical, organizational, educational and counseling practices receive particular attention.This book presents ground-breaking research by leading internati onal researchers on the nature, functions and characteristics of social motivation. Contributors focus on a variety of issues, such as the functions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and the subtle roles that habits, goals, affect and effort play in producing and maintaining motivated social behaviors. Throughout the book, the delicate interplay between conscious, rational and unconscious, automatic mechanisms is emphasized in determining motivational processes. The implications of recent discoveries in the psychology of motivation for our understanding of everyday social behaviors and for clinical, organizational, educational and counseling practices receive particular attention.This book presents ground-breaking research by leading international researchers on the nature, functions and characteristics of social motivation. Its contributors focus on a variety of issues, such as the functions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and the subtle roles that habits and goals play in producing and maintaining motivated social behavilӤ