Motivation and emotion/Book/2011
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Introduction
edit- Improve your life - Applying science about motivation and emotion - Jtneill & Rfoster
- Pearls of wisdom - A nugget of advice from each chapter - Jtneill & Rfoster
Motivation
edit- Achievement motivation - What is it? How can it be fostered?
- Wikitwit - Addiction - What motivates us to pursue unwanted addictive behaviour and how can this be stopped? - Jackson997
- Aggression - What is the role of aggression and how can aggressive tendencies be managed?
- Tyrtaeus - Alcohol motivation - What motivates people to drink and how can this be safely managed? - Amayo
- Altruism - What motivates us to help others? - Typify
- Avoidance motivation - Fear of failure and its affect on performance and mental health - Bwest9
- Competitiveness - How does it influence motivation? - Rednoodles
- Creativity - How can we become more creative? - U3043705
- Criminality - The motivations behind it and ways to prevent it - Michelle.n
- Dissonance - The motivational power of dissonance and how you can use it - Danielle.d
- Eating
- Healthy eating - What motivates healthy eating and how can this be fostered? - Kayla
- Self-regulation of overeating - What causes overeating and how to get it under control? - Claremw
- Weight loss motivation - How is motivation involved in initiating, achieving, and maintaining weight loss? - Jessica.h
- Exercise motivation - How to get fitness motivation and how to keep it going - Camo 13
- Extreme achievers - What motivates them and how can others do what they do? - EFA
- Feedback - The power of feedback for enhancing motivation and performance - Marko12
- Flow - How optimal experience can lead to greater productivity and happiness - Trinand
- Gambling - Do extrinsic and intrinsic motivations to gamble facilitate well-being? - AlexMC
- Hypnosis - How effective is hypnosis in changing motivation? - U895075
- Infidelity - What drives us to cheat? And what can we do to prevent blindness of monogamy? - Lucas K1
- Learned helplessness - How we learn to give up - JayAr
- Learned optimism - Is it possible to tweak your natural disposition? - Roald2
- Leaving home - Why do people stay at home? Why do they leave? - Mlac
- Managing life change - How to get where you want to be - U3033746
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Prioritising your needs and reaching towards self-actualisation - Skachwalla
- Peer influence in adolescence - The motivational power of peer influence and how to stay true to you - ShaunaB
- Personality
- Risk-taking - Why do we take risks? What are the consequences of risk-taking and how can risk-taking be managed healthily? - Katie-marie88
- Rule-breaking - What motivates rule-breaking? When and why do people break rules? (e.g., laws and norms?) - Yapp84
- Sensation seeking - How does it affect your life? - KristaLeanne
- Procrastination - Why it happens, and how to beat it - U3036254
- Self
- Self-determination theory - How autonomy, competence and relatedness can make you more motivated - Sotirios
- Self-image - What motivates it and how to improve it? - Scarney1290
- Self-efficacy - Believing in oneself: How self efficacy can motivate us? - EamesA
- Sexual motivation - What drives sexual behaviour? - SKM1501
- Social needs - How do basic social needs enhance well-being and self-improvement? - U3025302
- Social needs 2 - How do basic social needs enhance well-being and self-improvement? - U3035473
- Social support and achievement - How to use social support to help you achieve your goals - Mike.j
- Spiritual and religious motivation - What is the nature of human's spiritual motivation and religiosity? - Uzi
- Sport participation - What motivates life-long sport participation? - U881426
- Self-efficacy and achievement - What role does self-efficacy play in determining people's achievement outcomes? - Raw george
- Time management - What are the secrets of successful time management? - Livy194
- Violent video games - Do violent video games motivate aggressive behaviour? What guidelines can be offered? - Atice 01
- Volunteerism - What motivates volunteers? - Crazydaisy
- Work motivation and work satisfaction - How they can be enhanced? - Flow
Emotion
edit- Managing and changing emotion
- Animals and emotion - How connection with animals can affect emotion and well-being - Jemmasanderson
- Dealing with conflict - How to manage emotions for effective conflict resolution - Courtney.reis
- Emotion and body language - What can body language tell us about people's emotions? - U990911
- Emotional control vs. emotional expressiveness - Is it better to keep emotions in or to let them out? - U990911
- Emotional intelligence - What is it? Do you have it? How can it be developed? - U112052
- Emotional intelligence in children - How does emotion and emotional understanding develop in children? - Paton3027789
- Handling stress - The effect of stress on emotion and how emotion can be managed in challenging situations - Psych_125
- Mindfulness - How effective is mindfulness in managing emotions? - U3067255
- Music and emotion - How can music be used to influence emotion? - Jaybay
- Negative thinking and emotion - How does negative thinking impact on emotion? - Mexicanita
- Psychological resilience - What is it and how can it be developed? - Imago
- Sleep and negative emotions - How can sleep effect our emotions? - Momentai
- Stress and emotional health - Understanding and minimising negative effects - WestS
- Toxic workplace - Surviving the emotional consequences - Magnolia
- Consumerism and emotion - How retailers appeal to emotion through the senses and make you impulse buy - HarryMMM
- Specific emotions
- Anger - Understanding and managing anger - I.REID
- Forgiveness - What is it and how to do it - Naomi
- Disgust - Understanding and managing disgust - Callum6052
- Empathy - How and why to empathise - Ltb
- Envy - What is it and how do we manage it? - EssDubz
- Fear - Understanding and managing the ever present phantom of emotion - Diego418
- Grief - What it is and how to manage it - Reid Morris
- Love - What is it and why does it happen? - Cowboy Dan
- Shame - Avoiding the shame game - Jeanette
- Eating
- Eating and emotion - Do your emotions really effect your eating? - Ashleetronerud
- Diet, weight loss, and emotion - What is the role of emotion in diet control and weight loss? - Aimesch
- Facial expression - How and why we communicate emotions through facial expressions - Tashc
- Growth psychology
- Emotional development - How do emotions develop and change through childhood and adulthood? - NLR
- Eudaimonic well-being - Why it matters more than happiness - Susann
- Growth through adversity - Why meaning matters - Jay-bird
- Trauma recovery and growth - What emotions are involved in trauma and trauma recovery, and how can post-traumatic growth be fostered? - LanaJ
- Happiness - What is it and how to get it - Laura.smith
- Change and happiness - What attitudes and beliefs do happy people have about dealing with change? - Shanti
- Cognitions and happiness - The power of thought - How does the way you think affect the way we feel? - A-bryant
- Competitiveness and happiness - Why being overly competitive can make you unhappy - U3014461
- Goal-setting and happiness - What sorts of goals lead to happiness? - Maz
- Nature and psychological well-being - How to use nature to make you happy and improve your life - Noodles&Wedges
- Relationships and happiness - What is the role of social relationships in happiness? - TabithaJ
- Sleep and happiness - What is the effect of sleep on happiness? - Benk
- Online social networking - What motivates participation and how does it make people feel? - Blondlox