On motivational readiness

Psychological Review

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 367-388

  Kruglanski, Arie W ^a   Chernikova, Marina ^a   Rosenzweig, Emily ^a   Kopetz, Catalina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desire; Expectancy; Incentive; Motivation; Want

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84905503073     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037013     Document Type: Article

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