Social motivation [electronic resource] / edited by David Dunning.

This volume provides students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of all the major topics in social motivation, one of the fastest-growing areas of research. All contributors are renowned specialists in their field who provide in-depth and integrated coverage of the major empirical and the...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Dunning, David (David A.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Psychology Press, ©2011.
Series:Frontiers of social psychology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Social motivation : some introductory notes / David Dunning
  • Interpersonal threats and automatic motives / Justin H. Park and Abraham P. Buunk
  • Belonging motivation : establishing, maintaining, and repairing relational value / Mark R. Leary and Ashley Batts Allen
  • Cultural variation in the motivation of self-expression / Heejung S. Kim and Thai Q. Chu
  • Sharing motivation / Gregory M. Walton and Geoffrey L. Cohen
  • Four forms of prosocial motivation : egoism, altruism, collectivism, and principlism / C. Daniel Batson, Nadia Ahmad, and E.L. Stocks
  • Why do people get involved? Motivations for volunteerism and other forms of social action / Clelia Anna Mannino, Mark Snyder, and Allen M. Omoto
  • Understanding the psychology of trust / David Dunning and Detlef Fetchenhauer
  • Social endocrinology: hormones and social motivation / Pranjal H. Mehta and Robert A. Josephs
  • Power basis theory : a psychoecological approach to power / Felicia Pratto [and others]
  • System justification theory as compliment, complement, and corrective to theories of social identification and social dominance / John T. Jost.