Provides a comprehensive study of motivation and emotion within a modern evolutionary perspective. Motivation
and emotion are presented within an integrated approach that assumes biological and psychological causes, including
evolution, neuroscience, endocrinology, human development, and culture.
Features
Presents a wealth of modern evidence integrating neuroscience and endocrinology into the study of motivation
and emotion. Numerous figures are used to explain the hypothalamus, limbic system, hormonal systems, and neurochemistry.
Provides a variety of photographs showing facial expressions expressing emotions from people of diverse cultures
as well as nonhuman primates.
Discusses the modern interactive explanations for specific behaviors. For example, human affect is explained
as a response to social events and stress, with psychophysiological consequences.