# Motivation and emotion/Book/2011

Motivation and emotion: Improve your life (2011)

## Pre-pages

* Cover
* About the book
* Authoring and reviewing
** Author guidelines
** Marking criteria
* Feedback

## Introduction

* Improve your life - Applying science about motivation and emotion - Jtneill & Rfoster
* Pearls of wisdom - A nugget of advice from each chapter - Jtneill & Rfoster

## Motivation

* 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

* 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