Social motivation

1. Social motivation : some introductory notes / David Dunning -- 2. Interpersonal threats and automatic motives / Justin H. Park and Abraham P. Buunk -- 3. Belonging motivation : establishing, maintaining, and repairing relational value / Mark R. Leary and Ashley Batts Allen -- 4. Cultural variation in the motivation of self-expression / Heejung S. Kim and Thai Q. Chu -- 5. Sharing motivation / Gregory M. Walton and Geoffrey L. Cohen -- 6. Four forms of prosocial motivation : egoism, altruism, collectivism, and principlism / C. Daniel Batson, Nadia Ahmad, and E.L. Stocks -- 7. Why do people get involved? : motivations for volunteerism and other forms of social action / Clelia Anna Mannino, Mark Snyder, and Allen M. Omoto -- 8. Understanding the psychology of trust / David Dunning and Detlef Fetchenhauer -- 9. Social endocrinology : hormones and social motivation / Pranjal H. Mehta and Robert A. Josephs -- 10. Power basis theory : a psychoecological approach to power / Felicia Pratto, I-Ching Lee, Judy Y. Tan, and Eileen V. Pitpitan -- 11. System justification theory as compliment, complement, and corrective to theories of social identification and social dominance / John T. Jost.

Motivational science is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in social psychology, incorporating multiple perspectives from social-personality research. This volume provides students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of major topics in social motivation. All contributors are renowned specialists in their field who provide in-depth and integrated coverage of the major empirical and theoretical contributions in their area. Social Motivation is essential reading for all social psychologists with an interest in social-motivational processes, and will also be of interest to people working in political science and cultural studies looking for a psychological perspective to work in their field.