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  • Why We Do What We Do

    Understanding Self-Motivation

    by Edward L. Deci, Richard Flaste ...
    The "groundbreaking" psychologist delivers an in-depth study on how to find and foster authentic motivation in employees, children, athletes, and yourself ( The New York Times ).The person who chases every weight-loss trend without losing a pound. The successful businessman whose personal relationships fail. The student who aces a test but doesn't retain any knowledge. These are everyday scenarios ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Intrinsic Motivation

    by Edward L. Deci ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    As I begin to write this Preface, I feel a rush of excitement. I have now finished the book; my gestalt is coming into completion. Throughout the months that I have been writing this, I have, indeed, been intrinsically motivated. Now that it is finished I feel quite competent and self-determining (see Chapter 2). Whether or not those who read the book will perceive me that way is also a concern of ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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    Why We Do What We Do

    Understanding Self-Motivation

    by Edward L. Deci, Richard Flaste ...
    Narrated by Douglas James ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 33 min

    What motivates us as students, employees, and individuals?If you reward your children for doing their homework, they will usually respond by getting it done. But is this the most effective method of motivation? No, says psychologist Edward L. Deci, who challenges traditional thinking and shows that this method actually works against performance. The best way to motivate people - at school, at work ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Self-Determination Theory

    Basic Psychological Needs in Motivation, Development, and Wellness

    by Richard M. Ryan, PhD, LCP, Edward L. Deci, PhD ...
    Self-determination theory (SDT) provides a framework for understanding the factors that promote motivation and healthy psychological and behavioral functioning. In this authoritative work, the codevelopers of the theory comprehensively examine SDT's conceptual underpinnings (including its six mini-theories), empirical evidence base, and practical applications across the lifespan. The volume ... Read more

    $59.39 USD

  • Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior

    by Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Early in this century, most empirically oriented psychologists believed that all motivation was based in the physiology of a set of non-nervous system tissue needs. The theories of that era reflected this belief and used it in an attempt to explain an increasing number of phenomena. It was not until the 1950s that it became irrefutably clear that much of human motivation is based not in these ... Read more

    $296.09 USD

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    A Study of the Popular Mind

    by Gustave Le Bon ...
    The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind is a brilliant treatise on the workings of crowds. Gustave Le Bon examines many different kinds of crowds and how they work. He differentiates between different kinds of crowds such as mobs, juries, elected bodies, and simple crowds. This landmark book is one of the most influential books ever written on this subject. An important book for anyone studying or ... Read more

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  • Echidna

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    by Andrew Burbidge, Peter Harrison, John Woinarski ...
    The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 is the first review to assess the conservation status of all Australian mammals. It complements The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010 (Garnett et al. 2011, CSIRO Publishing), and although the number of Australian mammal taxa is marginally fewer than for birds, the proportion of endemic, extinct and threatened mammal taxa is far greater. These ... Read more

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  • Learned Optimism

    How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

    by Martin E.P. Seligman ...
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    $10.99 USD

  • The Book of Animal Ignorance

    Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong

    by John Mitchinson, John Lloyd ...
    Fast on the heels of the New York Times bestseller The Book of General Ignorance comes The Book of Animal Ignorance, a fun, fact-filled bestiary that is sure to delight animal lovers everywhere. Arranged alphabetically from aardvark to worm, here are one hundred of the most interesting members of the animal kingdom explained, dissected, and illustrated, with the trademark wit and wisdom of John ... Read more

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  • Not a Chimp

    The hunt to find the genes that make us human

    by Jeremy Taylor ...
    Humans are primates, and our closest relatives are the other African apes - chimpanzees closest of all. With the mapping of the human genome, and that of the chimp, a direct comparison of the differences between the two, letter by letter along the billions of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts of the DNA code, has led to the widely vaunted claim that we differ from chimps by a mere 1.6% of our genetic code. A ... Read more

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  • Dingo

    by Brad Purcell ...
    Series series Australian Natural History Series
    Many present-day Australians see the dingo as a threat and a pest to human production systems. An alternative viewpoint, which is more in tune with Indigenous culture, allows others to see the dingo as a means to improve human civilisation. The dingo has thus become trapped between the status of pest animal and totemic creature. This book helps readers to recognise this dichotomy, as a deeper ... Read more

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