Motivation: A Biobehavioural Approach

Motivation: A Biobehavioural Approach provides the reader with an understanding of why individuals exhibit certain behaviors, and what causes these actions. Roderick Wong presents an analysis of motivated behavior such as sexual activity, parental behavior, food selection, and fear or aggression, from a biological perspective. Each chapter focuses on the individual systems underlying specific motivational states that result in motivated acts. The author discusses similarities, differences, and integration between these motivational systems throughout the volume. Using a framework derived from research and theory from animal behavior and comparative psychology, he analyzes relevant issues in human motivation such as mate choice, nepotism, attachment and independence, sensation-seeking, obesity, and parent-offspring conflict. This book will be particularly useful for undergraduate students in psychology or behavioral science taking courses in motivation and emotion, comparative psychology, animal behavior, or biological psychology.

Motivation: A Biobehavioural Approach provides undergraduate students in psychology or behaviour with an understanding of why individuals exhibit behaviours such as mating, fear, aggression or parental care, and what their root causes are. This well-integrated volume helps the reader to understand the interplay of biological, psychological and social contextual factors in motivated behaviour. The implications of this for human behaviour is indicated throughout, making this a first choice for students of psychology or behavioural science wanting to know more about mtotivation and how it works.