InstructorsStudentsReviewersAuthorsBooksellers Contact Us
image
  DisciplineHome
 TextbookHome
 
 
 
  Psychabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bookstore
Textbook Site for:
Essentials of Psychology , Second Edition
Douglas A. Bernstein, University of South Florida and University of Surrey
Peggy W. Nash, Broward Community College
Web Links

Chapter Index | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14


Chapter 8: Motivation and Emotion
 
Research on Intrinsic Motivation

This page contains abstracts of research articles related to intrinsic motivation.
http://www.ping.be/jvwit/motivationwork.html#workmotivation

Teachers Need to Be Intrinsically Motivated, Too

This article summarizes research about the need for teachers to have intrinsic motivation so that they can model it for their students.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed259449.html

Ethnic Group Differences in Academic Motivation

New Zealand researchers studied motivational differences among four different ethnic groups. The groups varied considerably in degree of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation.
http://www.swin.edu.au/aare/99pap/lav99255.htm

Motivation for Vigorous Exercise

What type of person is most inclined to engage in vigorous exercise--those extrinsically or intrinsically motivated?
http://www.stanford.edu/~relee/intrinsic.html

Maslow's Hierarchy

This site presents an application of Maslow's hierarchy to a narrative.
http://whoosh.org/issue11/lafleur2.html

Girl Power

This site provides information on healthy eating habits for girls aged 9 through15.
http://www.health.org/gpower/girlarea/bodywise

American Anorexia Bulimia Association

This site gives screening assessments, information, and links to other
eating disorder sites.
http://www.aabainc.org

Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders

This is the web site of a nonprofit organization that provides information about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, compulsive exercising, and other less well-known food and weight disorders.
http://www.anred.com

Sexual Behavior

Planned Parenthood Organization has information about sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org

Male Sexual Issues

This site is maintained by a private clinic and contains information and links to sites dealing with male sexual health issues.
http://www.malehealthcenter.com

Sexual Health

The Medical Institute for Sexual Health maintains this page that deals with sexual health and sexual disorders.
http://www.medinstitute.org

Reading Emotions in Faces

How good are you at reading emotions? This site offers you pictures and tests your accuracy. It includes cross-cultural examples.
http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/~archer

What Is Emotion?

Explore a number of topics related to emotion with slides and other visual examples.
Eating Disorders and Prevention

This is the web page of the largest nonprofit organization devoted to awareness and prevention of eating disorders.
http://www.edap.org
 

Chapter Index | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14




BORDER=0
Site Map | Partners | Press Releases | Company Home | Contact Us
Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.
Terms and Conditions of Use, Privacy Statement, and Trademark Information
BORDER="0"