Beyond Pleasure and Pain: How Motivation Works by E. Tory Higgins

By E. Tory Higgins

How does motivation paintings? medical study indicates that individuals are inspired to be potent in numerous ways in which transcend the pursuit of delight and the avoidance of discomfort. during this textual content, E. Tory Higgins presents a brand new thought of motivation that argues that individuals are inspired via the pursuit of price, fact, and keep watch over, however the critical tale to motivation lies in how those components paintings together.

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