Emotion and Motivation Psychology

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TopicPsychology

AuthorLothar Schmidt-Atzert and Gerhard Stemmler

AuthorMarie Hennecke

AuthorMartin Peper

PublisherKohlhammer

A Textbook

Emotion and motivation are key topics in general psychology, dealing with the fundamentals of experience and behaviour. Both phenomena are complex, omnipresent, and have a profound impact on our lives. A wide variety of emotions, such as joy, fear, or anger, are experienced to a greater or lesser extent as intense feelings or reflected in our expressive behaviour, especially in our facial expressions, while also often being accompanied by physiological changes. Motivation also manifests itself in many different forms. For example, a distinction can be made between approach and avoidance motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, as well as between various goals, desires, and motives such as power, affiliation, and achievement motives. This book offers students and other interested readers a comprehensive insight into the fascinating fields of emotion and motivation. It demonstrates how such phenomena arise and how they influence our thinking, behaviour, and health. It discusses important theoretical concepts, key research methods such as the experimental induction of emotions or goals, and the neuropsychological foundations of emotion and motivation. The book also highlights current applications, such as the use of artificial intelligence for emotion recognition.