Motives of the Human animal: Comprehending, managing, and sharing inner states

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2008, Pages 361-385

  Higgins, E Tory ^a   Pittman, Thane S ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective forecasting; Attribution; Communication; Impression management; Motivation; Self presentation; Self regulation; Shared reality; Social consciousness; Understanding

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 41549087086     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.59.103006.093726     Document Type: Article

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