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Aid Service Organization
Aversive Arousal Reduction
Basal Testosterone
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Cooperation Motivation
cultural psychology
East Asian American
Empathic Joy
Empathy Altruism Hypothesis
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Fixed Action Pattern
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Ingroup Favoritism
interpersonal dynamics
justification
Legitimizing Myths
Outgroup Favoritism
pattern
power relations
prosocial behavior
Prosocial Motivation
SDO
SDO Scale
SDO Score
self-determination theory
Social Dominance Theory
Social Identity Theory
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System Justification Motive
System Justification Perspective
System Justification Theory
theory
Trier Social Stress Task
Trust Game
trust mechanisms
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Product details
- ISBN 9781138876811
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jun 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Motivational science is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in social psychology, incorporating multiple perspectives from social-personality research. This volume provides students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of major topics in social motivation. All contributors are renowned specialists in their field who provide in-depth and integrated coverage of the major empirical and theoretical contributions in their area.
Social Motivation is essential reading for all social psychologists with an interest in social-motivational processes, and will also be of interest to people working in political science and cultural studies looking for a psychological perspective to work in their field.
David Dunning is Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. An experimental social psychologist, Dr. Dunning is a fellow of both the Association of Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. He has published nearly 100 scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and commentaries, and has also served as an associate editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He is also the former Executive Officer of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, an international organization with over 5,600 members, as well as the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology. Much of his research has been supported financially by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation, and was recently reviewed in his book Self-insight: Roadblocks and Detours on the Path to Knowing Thyself (2005, Psychology Press).
