Social Motivation

David Dunning

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN: 9781136847196
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Frontiers of Social Psychology
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• About the Editor
• Contributors
• 1 Social Motivation: Some Introductory Notes
• 2 Interpersonal Threats and Automatic Motives
• 3 Belonging Motivation: Establishing, Maintaining, and Repairing Relational Value
• 4 Cultural Variation in the Motivation of Self-Expression
• 5 Sharing Motivation
• 6 Four Forms of Prosocial Motivation: Egoism, Altruism, Collectivism, and Principlism
• 7 Why Do People Get Involved? Motivations for Volunteerism and Other Forms of Social Action
• 8 Understanding the Psychology of Trust
• 9 Social Endocrinology: Hormones and Social Motivation
• 10 Power Basis Theory: A Psychoecological Approach to Power
• 11 System Justification Theory as Compliment, Complement, and Corrective to Theories of Social Identification and Social Dominance
• Author Index
• Subject Index