| Description |
xx, 506 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The role of epistemic motivations in knowledge formation / Arie W. Kruglanski and Anna Sheveland -- The structure and dynamics of cognitive orientation : a motivational approach to cognition / Shulamith Kreitler -- Personality and cognition / Phillip L. Ackerman -- Cognition in the context of psychopathology : a selective review / Josef Zihl, Nicole Szesny, & Thomas Nickel -- The impact of anxiety on cognitive performance / Michael W. Eysenck -- Biological foundations : the seeking system as an affective source for motivation and cognition / Jeff Stewart and Jaak Panksepp -- Motivation, cognition and emotion : a phylogenetic interdisciplinary approach / Manfred Wimmer -- The social and cultural context of cognition : a knowledge perspective / Evelyn Au, Wendy Wan & Chi-yue Chiu -- Biological models of organisms and their evolutionary change : their importance for epistemology and different cultural traditions / Karl Edlinger -- What do genes have to do with cognition? / Wendy Johnson -- Brain, behavior and cognition / Norbert Jauovec and Ksenija Jauovec -- Physical health and cognition / Shulamith Kreitler, Kineret Weissler, and Frida Barak -- Motivation, goals, thinking, and problem solving / K.J. Gilhooly and E. Fioratou -- Motivation and heuristic thinking / Dan Zakay and Dida Fleisig -- Motivation, decision theory and human decision making / Ola Svenson -- Cognitive science and knowledge management : reflecting the limits of decision making / Rainer P. Born and Eva Gatarik -- Interest and cognition : the case of L- and science / K. Ann Renninger and Kathryn R. Riley -- Metacognition, motivation, and affect in the school context : metacognitive experiences in the regulation of learning / Anastasia Efklides -- Motivation in language / Klaus-Uwe Panther -- Intelligence and cognitive exceptionality / Edward Zigler -- How conscious thought, imagination and fantasy may relate to cognition and motivation / Jerome L. Singer and Dorothy G. Singer -- Creativity and motivation / Mark A. Runco and David McGarva. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Cognition.
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Motivation (Psychology)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kreitler, Shulamith.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780521888677 (hardback) |
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9781139782227 (electronic bk.) |
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