Beyond pleasure and pain : how motivation works / E. Tory Higgins, Columbia University.

Beyond pleasure and pain (Online)

Beyond Pleasure and Pain: How Motivation Works

2014

Motivation beyond pleasure and pain -- What is motivation? -- Value, truth & control : ways of being effective -- Value : having desired results -- Truth : establishing what's real -- Control : managing what happens -- Value-truth relations : creating commitment -- Value-control relations : it's the fit that counts -- Truth-control relations : going in the right direction -- Value-truth-control relations : organization of motives -- Personality & culture : ways of seeing & coping with the world -- Managing motives effectively : working backwards from what you want -- What is the good life? : well-being from being effective.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-523) and index.