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Cognitive Motivation: From Curiosity to Identity, Purpose and Meaning
David Beswick
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Description for Cognitive Motivation: From Curiosity to Identity, Purpose and Meaning
hardcover. A new general theory of cognitive motivation, combining affective and cognitive principles, is applied to a range of purposive behaviour. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JMH; JMR; JMRP; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Motivation and cognition were treated as separate concepts throughout most of twentieth-century psychology. However, in recent years researchers have begun viewing the two as inextricably intertwined: not only does what we want affect how we think, but how we think affects what we want. In this innovative study, Beswick presents a new general theory of cognitive motivation, synthesizing decades of existing research in social, cognitive and personality psychology. New basic concepts are applied to a wide range of purposive behaviour. Part I of the volume reviews different forms of cognitive motivation, such as curiosity, cognitive dissonance, achievement motivation, and the ... Read more
Motivation and cognition were treated as separate concepts throughout most of twentieth-century psychology. However, in recent years researchers have begun viewing the two as inextricably intertwined: not only does what we want affect how we think, but how we think affects what we want. In this innovative study, Beswick presents a new general theory of cognitive motivation, synthesizing decades of existing research in social, cognitive and personality psychology. New basic concepts are applied to a wide range of purposive behaviour. Part I of the volume reviews different forms of cognitive motivation, such as curiosity, cognitive dissonance, achievement motivation, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107177666
SKU
V9781107177666
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99-14
About David Beswick
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Cognitive Motivation: From Curiosity to Identity, Purpose and Meaning
'This is the definitive book on the history of scientific research on curiosity. Dr Beswick offers a gift to readers, synthesizing research across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries to offer new insights on human motivation.' Todd B. Kashdan, George Mason University, Virginia and author of The Upside of your Dark Side and Curious? 'Human beings not only think but want ... Read more