Why Do We Do What We Do? : Motivation in History and the Social Sciences.
Title:
Why Do We Do What We Do? : Motivation in History and the Social Sciences.
Author:
MacMullen, Ramsay.
ISBN:
9783110417593
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (172 pages)
Contents:
1 Psychology and Individuals -- 2 Anthropology and Small Populations -- 3 Reason and Decision-making -- 4 Culture as Cause -- 5 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index 1: Ideas -- Index 2: Peoples and Places -- Index 3: Historical Individuals -- Index 4: Modern Authorities Discussed.
Abstract:
This book tries to explain how decisions to act develop in the mind. Emphasis is on group decisions not only of the present but also from the past, where laboratory techniques can't apply. What emerges is a description of a process rather than the definition of a word. The description points to kinds of data that need special consideration: data regarding ideas of right and wrong, cultural traditions, emotional packaging.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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