Beyond pleasure and pain : how motivation works / E. Tory Higgins.
| Author/creator | Higgins, E. Tory, 1946- |
| Other author | ProQuest (Firm) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012. |
| Description | xiii, 554 pages : illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | Click to View |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford series in social cognition and social neuroscience Oxford series in social cognition and social neuroscience. ^A587264 |
| Contents | Motivation beyond pleasure and pain -- What is motivation? -- Value, truth, and control : ways of being effective -- Value : having desired results -- Truth : establishing what's real -- Control : managing what happens -- Value-truth relations : creating commitment -- Value-control relations : it's the fit that counts -- Truth-control relations : going in the right direction -- Value-truth-control relations : organization of motives -- Personality and culture : ways of seeing and coping with the world -- Managing motives effectively : working backwards from what you want -- What is the good life? : well-being from being effective. |
| Local note | Laupus-WCP |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011010642 |
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