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The Psychology of Action

Author : Peter M. Gollwitzer
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572300323
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Action written by Peter M. Gollwitzer and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving beyond the traditional, and unproductive, rivalry between the fields of motivation and cognition, this book integrates the two domains to shed new light on the control of goal-directed action. Renowned social and motivational psychologists present concise formulations of the latest research programs which are effectively mapping the territory, providing new findings, and suggesting innovative strategies for future research. Ideally structured for classroom use, this book will effectively familiarize readers with important theories in the psychology of action.

Motives and Mechanisms

Author : Rom Harré
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317364163
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Motives and Mechanisms written by Rom Harré and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first introductory statement of the ‘new psychology’, Motives and Mechanisms, originally published in 1985, aims to bring the study of human action to the forefront of the subject. Like any science, the practice of psychology is very much influenced by the hidden assumptions of its practitioners. The argument put forward in this important text shows how these assumptions can be brought out by comparing psychology with the natural sciences and with common-sense understanding. In pursuing the integration of traditional research methods with a new style of investigation, the basic principle is that social structures and mental structures are in reciprocal relation with one another because each is involved in the creation of the other. By adopting this principle social structures become the basis for research into the cognitive and emotional organization of mind. The authors devote two key chapters to the central question that underlies this stance: are human actions and human actors’ products of internal processes, such as those described by Freud, or of external social forces, of the kind described by Mead?

Social Psychology in Action

Author : Kai Sassenberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030137880
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Social Psychology in Action written by Kai Sassenberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely and applied textbook brings together leading scientists to illustrate how key theories and concepts in social psychology help to predict and explain behavior, and can be successfully applied to benefit social and practical problems. It focuses on robust theories and models known for their successful applications and covers a diverse range of settings—spanning classroom interventions, health behavior, financial decision making, climate change and much more. Each chapter comprises of a theoretical section to define the key concepts and summarize the theory, providing evidence for its reliability and limitations from basic research, as well as an application section that summarizes research in an applied context and provides details about a particular study including the respective application setting. The textbook expertly shows how theory can make meaningful predictions for real world contexts, and isn’t afraid to explain the potential hurdles and pitfalls when applying a theory and its underlying set of concepts in a certain context. Crucially, this format moves towards theory testing in applied contexts, enabling a closer examination of why and under what circumstances interventions may be successful in obtaining a desired behavioral or psychological end-state. Among the topics explored: Mindset theory of action phases and if-then planning Quality of motivation in self-determination theory The focus theory of normative conduct Social identity theory and intergroup contact theory Intergroup forgiveness Social Psychology in Action is a critical resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in social and cultural psychology, as well as students of behavioral economics seeking to develop a deeper understanding of major theories and applications of the fields. Practitioners working in the areas of organizational behavior and management, health communication, social work, and educational science and pedagogy will also find the volume pertinent to their work.

Performance Psychology

Author : Markus Raab
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128033916
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Performance Psychology written by Markus Raab and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book integrates findings from across domains in performance psychology to focus on core research on what influences peak and non-peak performance. The book explores basic and applied research identifying cognition-action interactions, perception-cognition interactions, emotion-cognition interactions, and perception-action interactions. The book explores performance in sports, music, and the arts both for individuals and teams/groups, looking at the influence of cognition, perception, personality, motivation and drive, attention, stress, coaching, and age. This comprehensive work includes contributions from the US, UK, Canada, Germany, and Australia. - Integrates research findings found across domains in performance psychology - Includes research from sports, music, the arts, and other applied settings - Identifies conflicts between cognition, action, perception, and emotion - Explores influences on both individual and group/team performance - Investigates what impacts peak performance and error production

Psychology in Action

Author : Karen Huffman
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780471249320
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Psychology in Action written by Karen Huffman and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1999-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through four successful editions, this briefer book uses an approach which promotes learning as an "activity" of the reader - it shows how "active learning" can motivate and excite readers to a deeper understanding of introductory psychology. With balanced and modern treatment of gender and culture, this book encourages readers to develop "critical thinking" skills. It is organized around the SQ4R (survey, question, read, recite, review) method of learning.

Psychology in Action

Author : Karen Huffman
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780471479574
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (795 download)

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Download or read book Psychology in Action written by Karen Huffman and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2004-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new Active Learning Edition of the enormously popular introduction that makes learning psychology an active, hands-on experience! The book is loaded with special features that unveil the mysteries of the mind to any reader and make learning psychology a fascinating, first-hand experience. In-depth coverage of gender and cultural diversity Includes extensive support material including crossword puzzles, matching exercises, and fill-in-the-blank exercises following each modular Spiral-bound workbook format that make learning and completing the exercises easier

Action, Mind, and Brain

Author : David A. Rosenbaum
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262368730
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Action, Mind, and Brain written by David A. Rosenbaum and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and accessible introduction to the psychology and neuroscience of physical action. This engaging and accessible book offers the first introductory text on the psychology and neuroscience of physical action. Written by a leading researcher in the field, it covers the interplay of action, mind, and brain, showing that many core concepts in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and technology grew out of questions about the control of everyday physical actions. It explains action not as a “one-way street from stimuli to response” but as a continual perception-action cycle. The informal writing style invites students to think through the evidence step by step, helping them develop general thinking stills as well as learn specific facts. Special emphasis is placed on the role of underrepresented groups. The book discusses the intellectual background of the field, from Plato to Kant, Dewey, and others; applications and methods; and the physical substrates of action—bones, tendons, ligaments, muscles, and nerves. It considers the control of actions in space; learning, and the roles of nature and nurture; feedback; feedforward, or anticipated feedback; and degrees of freedom—the multiple ways of getting things done and three methods for narrowing the alternatives. The book is generously illustrated, including many images of thinkers who contributed to the field.

Performance Psychology in Action

Author : Kate F. Hays
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Performance Psychology in Action written by Kate F. Hays and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2009 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the first studies to describe the practice of 'performance psychology'. It blends theory and practice by integrating literature reviews with real-world applications for a broad range of clients. It provides extensive session transcripts, including consultants' thoughts and reactions throughout each session.

Goal Directed Behavior

Author : Michael Frese
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000363880
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Goal Directed Behavior written by Michael Frese and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1985, this book was an attempt at a comprehensive review of the psychology of action in various areas of psychology. It is also an attempt to bridge two languages and traditions in psychology: German and Anglo-American. Although Anglo-American psychology had had an enormous influence on German psychology, the influence had not gone the other way around – at least not in recent years. Therefore, this book attempts to get the two traditions to speak with each other. The main article, from one language area, and the following discussion, from the other language area, together result in an extensive treatment of an action-theoretic approach in the respective psychological area; thus, both the main article and "discussion" should be read together.

Action and Inaction in a Social World

Author : Dolores Albarracín
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108879705
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Action and Inaction in a Social World written by Dolores Albarracín and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how actions and inactions arise and change in social contexts, including social media and face-to-face communication. Its multidisciplinary perspective covers research from psychology, communication, public health, business studies, and environmental sciences. The reader can use this cutting-edge approach to design and interpret effects of behavioral change interventions as well as replicate the materials and methods implemented to study them. The author provides an organized set of principles that take the reader from the formation of attitudes and goals, to the structure of action and inaction. It also reflects on how cognitive processes explain excesses of action while inaction persists elsewhere. This practical guide summarises the best practices persuasion and behavioral interventions to promote changes in health, consumer, and social behaviors.

Sports Psychology in Action

Author : Richard Butler
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000158454
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Sports Psychology in Action written by Richard Butler and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychological preparation is now recognised as being of key importance in improving sports performance. This book describes performance profiling methods used by coaches and psychologists and exercises and assessments are presented in an accessiblestyle. Although based on practical experience, the text is firmly rooted in research. It is therefore an innovative and authoritative book that can be used at both professional and amateur level.Sports performers continually endeavour to excel at what they do and to break records. Their search for new and innovative techniques which might enable them to achieve these aims is unceasing. This book offers accessible and practical guidance on anincreasingly important and proven approach - the use of mental processes to enhance physical performance. It is now recognised that psychology has a key role in sports, not only in improving performance, but also in helping sportsmen and women attain asense of mastery of their discipline. The book explores the important characteristics in top sporting performance and illustrates techniques and exercises designed to assist athletes reach their potential. It should be an essential part of any serioussports performance preparation. * Very practical, easy to use, clearly presented * Based on a model of psychology which emphasises the importance of understanding the performer's view * All techniques rigorously tested at an elite level 'This isa book for everyone interesteed in individual sports performance. I wholeheartedly recommend this book.' - Brit. Assoc. of Sports Sciences News, April 1996

Expectations and Actions

Author : Norman T. Feather
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000363716
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Expectations and Actions written by Norman T. Feather and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1982, this book examines the current status of expectancy-value models in psychology. The focus is upon cognitive models that relate action to the perceived attractiveness or aversiveness of expected consequences. A person’s behavior is seen to bear some relation to the expectations the person holds and the subjective value of the consequences that might occur following the action. Despite widespread interest in the expectancy-value (valence) approach at the time, there was no book that looked at its current status and discussed its strengths and its weaknesses, using contributions from some of the theorists who were involved in its original and subsequent development and from others who were influenced by it or had cause to examine the approach closely. This book was planned to meet this need. The chapters in this book relate to such areas as achievement motivation, attribution theory, information feedback, organizational psychology, the psychology of values and attitudes, and decision theory and in some cases they advance the expectancy-value approach further and, in other cases, point to some of its deficiencies.

The Social Psychology of Collective Action

Author : Sara Breinlinger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317791622
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Social Psychology of Collective Action written by Sara Breinlinger and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there has been a growth of single-issue campaigns in western democracies and a proliferation of groups attempting to exert political influence and achieve social change. In this context, it is important to consider why individuals do or don't get involved in collective action, for example in the trade union movement and the women's movement. Social psychologists have an important contribution to make in addressing this question. The social psychological approach directly concerns the relationship between the individual and society and a number of theories have been developed in the field, particularly by contemporary European researchers. Yet, surprisingly, there has never been, until now, a concerted attempt to bring these various strands of research together in a coherent, detailed presentation of the social psychological approach to collective action. The authors of The Social Psychology of Collective Action review and integrate a number of theories developed in this field as well as presenting their own original research and data. The research discussed in the book ranges over a number of different contexts, with a particular focus on women's groups organizing around issues of gender. Questions addressed include: why do women get involved in women's groups? What part is played by experiences of discrimination in the family and in the workplace? What are the benefits of group involvement? How are feminist activists perceived by others who choose not to get involved? Findings from questionnaires and interviews are integrated with contemporary social psychological theory, especially social identity theory.

Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle

Author : Michael Pakaluk
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0199546541
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle written by Michael Pakaluk and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both Aristotle and moral psychology have been flourishing areas of philosophical inquiry in recent years. This volume aims to bring the two streams of research together, offering fresh Aristotelian insights into moral psychology and philosophy of action, and applying philosophical sensibility to the reading of Aristotelian texts.

The Psychology of Prejudice

Author : Lynne M. Jackson
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
ISBN 13 : 9781433831485
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Prejudice written by Lynne M. Jackson and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition presents a significantly updated overview the social, developmental, evolutionary, and personality roots of prejudice, along with contemporary examples of prejudicial attitudes and strategies for combating them.

The Psychology of Thinking about the Future

Author : Gabriele Oettingen
Publisher : Guilford Publications
ISBN 13 : 1462534414
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Thinking about the Future written by Gabriele Oettingen and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do people spend so much time thinking about the future, imagining scenarios that may never occur, and making (often unrealistic) predictions ? This volume brings together leading researchers from multiple psychological subdisciplines to explore the central role of future-thinking in human behavior across the lifespan. It presents cutting-edge work on the mechanisms involved in visualizing, predicting, and planning for the future. Implications are explored for such important domains as well-being and mental health, academic and job performance, ethical decision making, and financial behavior. Throughout, chapters highlight effective self-regulation strategies that help people pursue and realize their short- and long-term goals. ÿ

The Psychology of Attention

Author : Harold Pashler
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262661560
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Attention written by Harold Pashler and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1999-07-26 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past two decades, attention has been one of the most investigated areas of research in perception and cognition. However, the literature on the field contains a bewildering array of findings, and empirical progress has not been matched by consensus on major theoretical issues. The Psychology of Attention presents a systematic review of the main lines of research on attention; the topics range from perception of threshold stimuli to memory storage and decision making. The book develops empirical generalizations about the major issues and suggests possible underlying theoretical principles. Pashler argues that widely assumed notions of processing resources and automaticity are of limited value in understanding human information processing. He proposes a central bottleneck for decision making and memory retrieval, and describes evidence that distinguishes this limitation from perceptual limitations and limited-capacity short-term memory.