Understanding Human Motivation: What Makes People Tick? - Couverture rigide

Laming, Donald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 063121982X ISBN 13 : 9780631219828

Editeur : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Understanding Human Motivation is a lively presentation of how factors such as biological nature, instinct, past experience, and society determine what we do. Donald Laming draws on laboratory experiments, social surveys, and a large and varied collection of anecdotes to explore the driving forces behind many different domains of human behavior, both individual and social. The book not only discusses such obvious topics as fear, sex, boredom, rage, and money, but also covers underlying issues such as free will, consciousness, the psychological basis of ethics, and the extent to which behavior is shaped by the society into which we are born and the people around us. The discussion is illustrated throughout by real–life examples that relate psychological theory to what people do in their everyday lives.

Revue de presse :

"This new book on human motivation by Donald Laming represents a fresh look at an important area of psychology. The material is presented in the original idiom of real life stories in newspapers, which serve to illuminate classical controversies in social psychology. Although the book also has some novel theoretical insights, it should be particularly useful for students beginning in psychology." Trevor Robbins, University of Cambridge

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 063121982X
• ISBN 13: 9780631219828
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336