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" Motivation : "
Roderick Wong
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BL
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705973
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b528162
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Wong, Roderick
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| Title & Author
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Motivation : : a biobehavioural approach /\ Roderick Wong
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2000
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ix, 281 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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0521561752 (hb)
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: 0521567270 (pbk.)
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: 9780521561754 (hb)
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: 9780521567275 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-270) and indexes
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| Contents
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Introduction and perspective -- Mating and reproductive activities -- Paternal/maternal activities -- Feeding activities -- Food selection -- Drinking activities -- Stimulus seeking and exploratory activities -- Aversive motivation systems : fear, frustration and aggression -- Social motivation : attachment and altruism -- Conclusions and retrospective
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| Abstract
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Motivation: a biobehavioural approach provides the reader with an understanding of why individuals exhibit certain behaviors, and what causes these actions. Roderick Wong presents an analysis of motivated behavior such as sexual activity, parental behavior, food selection, and fear or aggression, from a biological perspective. Each chapter focuses on the individual systems underlying specific motivational states that result in motivated acts. The author discusses similarities, differences, and integration between these motivational systems throughout the volume. Using a framework derived from research and theory from animal behavior and comparative psychology, he analyzes relevant issues in human motivation such as mate choice, nepotism, attachment and independence, sensation-seeking, obesity, and parent-offspring conflict. This book will be particularly useful for undergraduate students in psychology or behavioral science taking courses in motivation and emotion, comparative psychology, animal behavior, or biological psychology
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Motivation (Psychology)
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Psychobiology
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Psychology, Comparative
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BF503.W665 2000
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