Cognition and motivation : forging an interdisciplinary perspective / edited by Shulamith Kreitler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kreitler, Shulamith, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition.

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 506 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Cognition & Motivation

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection examines the many internal and external factors affecting cognitive processes. Editor Shulamith Kreitler brings together a wide range of international contributors to produce an outstanding assessment of recent research in the field. These contributions go beyond the standard approach of examining the effects of motivation and emotion to consider the contextual factors that may influence cognition. These broad and varied factors include personality, genetics, mental health, biological evolution, culture and social context. By contextualizing cognition, this volume draws out the practical applications of theoretical cognitive research while bringing separate areas of scholarship into meaningful dialogue.

Contents:

The role of epistemic motivations in knowledge formation / Arie W. Kruglanski and Anna Sheveland

The structure and dynamics of cognitive orientation : a motivational approach to cognition / Shulamith Kreitler

Personality and cognition / Phillip L. Ackerman

Cognition in the context of psychopathology : a selective review / Josef Zihl, Nicole Szesny, & Thomas Nickel

The impact of anxiety on cognitive performance / Michael W. Eysenck

Biological foundations : the seeking system as an affective source for motivation and cognition / Jeff Stewart and Jaak Panksepp

Motivation, cognition and emotion : a phylogenetic interdisciplinary approach / Manfred Wimmer

The social and cultural context of cognition : a knowledge perspective / Evelyn Au, Wendy Wan & Chi-yue Chiu

Biological models of organisms and their evolutionary change : their importance for epistemology and different cultural traditions / Karl Edlinger

What do genes have to do with cognition? / Wendy Johnson

Brain, behavior and cognition / Norbert Jauovec and Ksenija Jauovec

Physical health and cognition / Shulamith Kreitler, Kineret Weissler, and Frida Barak

Motivation, goals, thinking, and problem solving / K.J. Gilhooly and E. Fioratou

Motivation and heuristic thinking / Dan Zakay and Dida Fleisig

Motivation, decision theory and human decision making / Ola Svenson

Cognitive science and knowledge management : reflecting the limits of decision making / Rainer P. Born and Eva Gatarik

Interest and cognition : the case of L- and science / K. Ann Renninger and Kathryn R. Riley

Metacognition, motivation, and affect in the school context : metacognitive experiences in the regulation of learning / Anastasia Efklides

Motivation in language / Klaus-Uwe Panther

Intelligence and cognitive exceptionality / Edward Zigler

How conscious thought, imagination and fantasy may relate to cognition and motivation / Jerome L. Singer and Dorothy G. Singer

Creativity and motivation / Mark A. Runco and David McGarva.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-88808-0

1-139-79361-6

1-139-78222-3

1-139-02146-X

1-139-77619-3

1-139-77923-0

1-107-25403-5

1-283-74141-5

1-139-77771-8

OCLC:

833770149