Basic Motivation and Human Behaviour Control, Affiliation and Self-e
This book explores how and why humans are motivated to act in the ways that they do. The chapters examine the origins of a given action rather than their superficial appearance, which can often be misleading. Kovac integrates the existing knowledge
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Basic Motivation and Human Behaviour
Velibor Bobo Kovač
Basic Motivation and Human Behaviour Control, Affiliation and Self-expression
Velibor Bobo Kovač University of Agder Kristiansand, Norway
ISBN 978-1-137-47055-3 ISBN 978-1-137-47056-0 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-47056-0
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Contents
1
Introduction
2
Historical and Contemporary Background
19
3
Control Motivational System
55
4
Affiliation Motivational System
95
5
The Self-expression Motivational System
6
The Mechanisms of Control, Affiliation and Self-expression 169
7
Critical Theoretical Concerns
201
8
Summary and Conclusions
227
Index
1
133
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1 Introduction
Introduction The principle aim of this book is to provide an answer to the fairly simple question Why do people do what they do? However, asking a simple question does not automatically imply that the answer will be just as simple. Indeed, it is safe to say that there are several possible theoretical alternatives when trying to supply the answer. Bearing this in mind, it is important to begin immediately by precisely defining the intentions, expectations and aims of the project being presented here. We can begin by stating that the main theme in this book is the identification and description of fundamental aspects of human motivation, their underling mechanism(s) and the effects they have on consequent behaviour. The
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