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edoccha_9960074067502883
Format:
1 online resource (428 p.)
ISBN:
0-12-801125-4
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Designed for educators, researchers, practitioners, or anyone interested in maximizing human potential, Motivation for Learning and Performance outlines 50 key motivation principles based on the latest scientific evidence from the disciplines of psychology, education, business, athletics, and neurology. Using a highly applied and conversational style, the book is designed to inform the reader about how to diagnosis, analyze, and mediate learning and performance challenges influenced by motivation. The book features chapters on the biopsychology of motivation, how motivation changes across the lifespan, and the important influence of culture on motivated behavior. Three chapters are devoted to practical strategies and the implementation of motivational change. Special sections are included on enhancing motivation at work, in the classroom, in competitive environments, and during online education. Hoffman employs the innovative approach of using his interviews with "real" people including many notable personalities across diverse cultures and disciplines to illustrate motivated behavior. For example, readers will learn what motivated the colossal investment fraud masterminded by Bernie Madoff, the intimate thoughts of former NFL superstar Nick Lowery when he missed a field goal, and the joys and tribulations of Emmy-nominated "Curb your Enthusiasm" actress Cheryl Hines. The book provides a practical, applied, and multi-disciplinary resource for anyone interested in motivation and performance, but especially for university students at the graduate or undergraduate level studying education, psychology, business, leadership, hospitality, sports management, or military science. Additionally, the writing style and eclectic nature of the text will appeal to readers of non-fiction who can use the book to gain self-awareness to enhance performance of
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themselves or others. Considers motivation for both learning and performance Identifies 50 foundational principles relating to motivation Provides research evidence supporting the foundational principles Includes interviews from famous individuals, identifying what motivated them and why Includes research from psychology, education, neuroscience, business, and sports see: www.booksite.elsevier.com/9780128007792 for supplementary materials.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Assess your basic knowledgeNext steps; End of chapter motivational minute; References; 2 Contentious issues: How evidence refutes motivational misconceptions; Principle #6-Motivational beliefs differ from motivational knowledge; Principle #7-Motivational evidence can only answer certain questions; Principle #8-Motivation is related to learning and performance but causality is an uncertainty; Principle #9-Motivation is subordinate to character and personality; Principle #10-Motivation is the responsibility of leaders and can be taught
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Principle #11-Theoretically, motivated behavior operates on a continuumPrinciple #12-Optimal motivation is obtainable; Chapter summary/conclusions; Next steps; End of chapter motivational minute; References; 3 The biopsychology of motivation: Using evidence from neurology and endocrinology to understand motivated behavior; Principle #13-Neurological/endocrinological evidence informs or refutes behavioral evidence; Principle #14-Neurological/endocrinological inferences are multi-dimensional; Principle #15-The brain is a perceptual filter influencing subjective reality
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Principle #16-Neurological system organization facilitates or inhibits actionPrinciple #17-Power and social dominance displays mimic sympathetic nervous system activation; Principle #18-Displays of affiliation mimic parasympathetic nervous system activation; Principle #19-Achievement and incentive reward share similar neural response patterns; Principle #20-Humanity is motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain; Principle #21-Motivated behavior is heritable and evolutionary; Chapter summary/conclusions; Next steps; End of chapter motivational minute; References
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4 Ch, ch, changes: The developmental trajectory of motivationPrinciple #22-Biological change is predictable, motivational change is not; Principle #23-Academic and competency motives have developmental trajectories; Principle #24-Excellence judgments influence effort direction and intensity; Principle #25-Evolution of values and morality mediate moral motivation; Principle #26-Gender congruity evaluations substantially influence perceptions of "fit"; Chapter summary/conclusions; Next steps; End of chapter motivational minute; References
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5 A rose by any other name: The influence of culture on motivated behavior
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-800779-6
Language:
English
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