Perception and Motivation

Contents: 1. Perception. 2. The properties of frustration. 3. Segmentation problem. 4. Behavioral and social approaches. 5. Color vision. 6. Motivation. 7. Sexual behavior is an innate or learned motivating factor. 8. The interaction. 9. Maslow\'s hierarchical approach to motivation. 10. Gestalt Theory, context, constancies, and illusions. 11. The cues which are necessary to localize a sound source. 12. Achievement conflicts: Murray. 13. Nativism and empiricism. 14. Shadowing. 15. The visual cliff and its importance. 16. The two major theories of perceptual development. 17. Memory in the absence of attention. 18. Perception and the Nervous System. 19. Functions of the two sides of the brain. 20. Template matching. 21. Perception of depth. 22. McCollough effect. 23. Motivation theorists: Freud, Maslow, Hull and Tolman. 24. Freud\'s Psychoanalytic Theory. 25. Color after effects. 26. Masking. 27. Incentive motivation. 28. An array of equally spaced dots perceived as rows and columns. 29. Evidence in favor of specialized sound detectors for human speech. 30. Perception of motion. 31. Equity Theory. 32. Role of attitudes and expectancy in attention. 33. Minimum principle. 34. Cognitive dissonance. 35. History of the psychology of motivation. 36. An instinct. 37. Acquired drive. 38. Activation-Arousal Theory of motivational processes. 39. Role of the reticular activating system. Short answer questions for review.

"This important book provides a comprehensive, authoritative review of perception, motivation and establishes the concept of competence as an organizing framework for the field. The editor synthesizes diverse perspectives on why and how individuals are motivated in school, work, sports and other settings. Written by reading investigators, chapters re-examine central constructs in achievement motivation; explore the impact of developmental, contextual and socio-cultural factors; and analyze the role of self-regulatory processes. Focusing on the ways in which achievement is motivated by the desire to experience competence and avoid experiencing incompetence, the volume integrates disparate theories and findings and sets forth a coherent agenda for future research." (jacket)