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001 2011010642
003 DLC
005 20120229082335.0
008 110311s2012 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011010642
020 $a9780199765829 (hbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBF503$b.H53 2012
082 00 $a153.8$222
100 1 $aHiggins, E. Tory$q(Edward Tory),$d1946-
245 10 $aBeyond pleasure and pain :$bhow motivation works /$cE. Tory Higgins.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$cc2012.
300 $axiii, 554 p. ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aOxford series in social cognition and social neuroscience
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [467]-523) and index.
505 0 $aMotivation 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.
650 0 $aMotivation (Psychology)