David Beswick

Cognitive Motivation

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Produktbeschreibung

A new general theory of cognitive motivation, combining affective and cognitive principles, is applied to a range of purposive behaviour.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 395
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781316630693
• ISBN-10: 1316630692
• Artikelnr.: 57751378

Autorenporträt

David Beswick is Professor Emeritus and Principal Fellow at the Centre for Positive Psychology, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne. He is a Life Member of the Australian Psychological Society, a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and a minister in the Uniting Church in Australia. He was formerly director of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, before which he researched and taught in psychology and educational research at the Australian National University. He held visiting appointments at Berkeley, London and Uppsala University, Sweden, and has published more than one hundred articles and monographs.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the incomplete gestalt
Part I. Forms of Cognitive Motivation: 1. Towards a general theory of cognitive motivation
2. Curiosity
3. Intrinsic motivation
4. Cognitive dissonance
5. Achievement motivation
6. Agency, efficacy and attribution
Part II. Basic Processes and Applications: 7. Working memory, consciousness, and attention
8. The function of emotion in cognitive motivation
9. Goals
10. Intentions
11. Identity
12. Purpose and meaning.