Motivation and Action

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This third edition includes translations of all chapters from the latest fifth German edition, featuring several new chapters. It offers a comprehensive overview of motivation's history and introduces contemporary theories and research findings. The early sections provide a broad introduction to motivation psychology, outlining various perspectives and research traditions. Later chapters delve into key themes of human motivation, such as achievement, affiliation, and power, alongside fundamental concepts like motivated behaviors, implicit and explicit motives, and developmental regulation. The book also explores motivation's role in practical areas like education, the workplace, and sports. Key topics include the influence of social relationships on intimacy motivation, conscious and unconscious behavior motivators, and the impact of brain biochemistry on motivation. It discusses how to engage in intentional goal-directed behavior and examines the potential and limitations of motivation and self-direction in shaping lives. This edition serves as an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers in motivation psychology, cognitive psychology, social psychology, personality psychology, and agency. The editor, Jutta Heckhausen, has an extensive background in motivation research and is a professor at the University of California, Irvine.