Basic Motivation and Human Behaviour: Control, Affiliation and Self-expression - Tapa dura

<P>THIS BOOK EXPLORES HOW AND WHY HUMANS ARE MOTIVATED TO ACT IN THE WAYS THAT THEY DO. THE CHAPTERS EXAMINE THE ORIGINS OF A GIVEN ACTION RATHER THAN THEIR SUPERFICIAL APPEARANCE, WHICH CAN OFTEN &NBSP;BE MISLEADING. KOVAC INTEGRATES THE EXISTING KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIELD OF MOTIVATION INTO A GREATER THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK BY ADOPTING BOTH ANALYTICAL AND HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVES. </P><P>THIS THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK SUGGESTS THAT ALL HUMAN BEHAVIOUR EVOLVES FROM THE THREE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERLYING TENDENCIES CONNECTED TO THE CONCEPTS OF CONTROL, AFFILIATION AND SELF-EXPRESSION THAT ARE FURTHER MODIFIED BY THE MECHANISM OF BALANCED DUAL TENSION. THESE TENDENCIES ARE CONCEPTUALISED AS SYSTEMS OF INTERRELATED PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS THAT GUIDE AND GOVERN A VARIETY OF HUMAN ACTIONS.</P><P> </P>AS SUCH, THIS BOOK SHOULD BE USEFUL TO UPPER-LEVEL STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS OF COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ALL SCHOLARS INTERESTED IN HUMAN MOTIVATION.&NBSP;</P>