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Van Nostrand (University Series in Psychology) [Published Date: 1958]. Hardcover, 873 pp. 1966 reprint.
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In good condition / no dust jacket. Tan cloth covered boards with red and black lettering on front and spine. Light overall scuffing and soiling to covers. Binding tight. Previous owner's name in ink on front free end paper. Light to moderate age spotting to end papers and half-title page is wrinkled. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. Seminal work in the field of psychology that delves into the assessment and analysis of human motivation through various lenses, including fantasy and action. A carefully edited collection of 46 papers and three lengthy appendices that form a definitive case for the thematic content approach to the study of motivation, which is identified with the work and influence of David C. McClelland, and in which the editor, John W. Atkinson, has been a close associate. Representing a decade of work, this book deals with six basic issues: Part I, the effect of arousal of motivation on the content of imaginative thought; Part II, detailed evidence on the nature of this influence; Part III, the influence of kind and strength of motivation on behavior; Part IV, factors which influence the growth and development of a motive; Part V, the study of motivation problems in society by content analysis of "thought samples"; and Part VI, suggestions for improvement of the thematic apperceptive method of motivation study. Half of the papers are published for the first time in this volume; the remainder have appeared in various journals. The appendices, comprising 178 pages, consist of manuals, and instructional and illustrative material to enable more widespread use of the method.