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Advances in Motivation Science

  • 1st Edition, Volume 9 - April 25, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Andrew J. Elliot
  • Language: English

Advances in Motivation Science, Volume Nine, the latest release in Elsevier's serial on the topic of motivation science, contains interesting articles that cover topics such as The… Read more

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Advances in Motivation Science, Volume Nine, the latest release in Elsevier's serial on the topic of motivation science, contains interesting articles that cover topics such as The Relentless Pursuit of Acceptance and Belonging, Reward uncertainty and the aversion-attraction dilemma, Neurobiological Mechanisms of Selectivity in Motivated Memory, Accounting for long-term motivation and sustained motivated learning, Interest: A Unique Affective and Cognitive Motivational Variable That Develops, and Neural systems for aversively motivated behavior, Neural systems for aversively motivated behavior, and more.

Key features

  • Presents new research in the field of motivation science and research
  • Provides a timely overview of important research programs conducted by the most respected scholars in psychology
  • Gives special attention to directions for future research

Readership

Researchers, instructors, and students (graduate and advanced undergraduate) in the myriad disciplines in which motivational issues are relevant

Table of contents

1. The Relentless Pursuit of Acceptance and Belonging
Mark R. Leary and Shira Gabriel

2. Reward uncertainty and the aversion-attraction dilemma
Patrick Anselme

3. Neurobiological Mechanisms of Selectivity in Motivated Memory
Kimberly S. Chiew and Holly J. Bowen

4. Accounting for long-term motivation and sustained motivated learning: Motivational currents, self-concordant vision, and persistence in language learning
Zoltán Dörnyei and Alastair Henry

5. Interest: A Unique Affective and Cognitive Motivational Variable That Develops
K. Ann Renninger and Suzanne Hidi

6. Neural systems for aversively motivated behavior
Jamil Palacios Bhanji, Yun-Yen Yang, and Mauricio R. Delgado

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 9
  • Published: April 25, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editor

AE

Andrew J. Elliot

Andrew J. Elliot is Professor of Psychology at the University of Rochester. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994. His research areas include achievement motivation, approach-avoidance motivation, the development of motivation and self-regulation, and subtle cue and context effects on psychological functioning. He has been (or currently is) an Associate Editor at Emotion, Journal of Personality, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Science, and Social and Personality Psychology Compass, and has edited two handbooks: Handbook of competence and motivation (with Carol Dweck) and Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation. He has over 170 scholarly publications, has received research grants from public and private agencies, and has been awarded multiple awards for his research contributions.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Psychology, University of Rochester, NY, USA

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