On the Self-Regulation of Behavior - Hardcover

Carver, Charles S.; Scheier, Michael F.

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9780521572040: On the Self-Regulation of Behavior
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521572045 ISBN 13: 9780521572040
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This book is a reader-friendly description of a viewpoint on human behavior which sees all behavior as aimed at attaining goals. A wide variety of topics are treated: ranging from goals, to emotion, to persistence and giving up, to living and dying. Both adaptive behavior and problems are examined. The book blends ideas that have long been part of self-regulation models with ideas that are recently emergent in psychology: dynamic systems and catastrophe theory. It also blends theoretical statement with wide-ranging discussion of issues.

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Book Description

This book is a reader-friendly description of a viewpoint on human behavior which sees all behavior as aimed at attaining goals. A wide variety of topics are treated (the theory is specific in type, but has diverse applications)- ranging from goals, to emotion, to persistence and giving up, to living and dying. Both adaptive behavior and problems are examined. The book blends ideas that have long been part of self-regulation models with ideas that are recently emergent in psychology: dynamic systems and catastrophe theory. It also blends theoretical statement with wide-ranging discussion of issues.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521572045
ISBN 13 
9780521572040
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
460
Rating
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