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Motivation

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Want vs. need

What are the motivated social-cognitive processes on which individuals rely to make sense of themselves and the world?

  • What are the varied ways in which individuals attempt to find a balance between satisfying internal needs and motives, while also satisfying and living up to the obligations of external social demands?
  • What psychological factors predict greater motivation in people to engage in preventative health-related behaviour?
  • How does a mother鈥檚 tone of voice differentially motivate their adolescents?
  • What are the motivational consequences of being talked to with a controlling voice as opposed to a more supportive voice?
  • What are the motivated social-cognitive factors that generate more (or less) manifestations of greed and acquisitiveness in people?

These are only a handful of the kinds of questions being asked by our internationally-regarded staff members in this area, and they address these questions with a mix of basic, theoretical approaches along with important applied methodologies and contexts.

We also carry out research in related areas including justice, fairness and equality, health behaviour, and emotion.

Publications

2023

  • Paulmann, Silke and Weinstein, Netta (2023) . British Journal of Educational Psychology, 93 (2). pp. 437-452.

2022

  • Pekrun, Reinhard and Marsh, Herbert W (2022) . Learning and Instruction, 81. p. 101664.
  • Tsegaye, Afework and Guo, Cuiling and Stoet, Gijsbert and Cserjési, Renata and Kökönyei, Gyöngyi and Logemann, HN Alexander (2022) BMC Psychology, 10 (1). 4-.
  • Wicks, Claire and Barton, Jo and Orbell, Sheina and Andrews, Leanne (2022) . Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 2022 (3). pp. 1037-1061.
  • Verplanken, B. Orbell, S. (2022). . Annual Review of Psychology, 73, 327-352.

2021

  • Byrka, Katarzyna and Cantarero, Katarzyna and Dolinski, Dariusz and Van Tilburg, Wijnand (2021) '' Sustainability, 13 (10). p. 5716. ISSN 2071-1050
  • Cantarero, Katarzyna and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Smoktunowicz, Ewelina (2021) '' Journal of Counseling Psychology. ISSN 0022-0167 (In Press)

2020

  • Croft, Alyssa and Atkinson, Ciara and Sandstrom, Gillian and Aknin, Lara and Orbell, Sheina (2020) '' Personality and Social Psychology Review. ISSN 1088-8683 (In Press)
  • Weinstein, Netta and Vansteenkiste, Maarten and Paulmann, Silke (2020) '' Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 88. ISSN 0022-1031

2019

  • Gerson, Sarah and Weinstein, Netta and Paulmann, Silke and Gattis, Merideth (2019) '' Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 187. ISSN 0022-0965
  • Paulmann, Silke and Weinstein, Netta and Zougkou, Konstantina (2019) '' Neuropsychologia, 124. 192 - 201. ISSN 0028-3932

Academics

Dr Helge Gillmeister
Dr Helge Gillmeister

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Emotion; health behaviour; interoception.
Professor Sheina Orbell
Professor Sheina Orbell

Professor

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Health behaviour; relationships, sex and attraction.
Professor Silke Paulmann
Professor Silke Paulmann

Professor

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Communication and language; cross-cultural processes; emotion; neuro-cognitive disorders; well-being.
Dr Motonori Yamaguchi
Dr Motonori Yamaguchi

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; memory; emotion; relationships, sex and attraction; justice, fairness and equality; vision.
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Podcast: It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It

In this podcast episode we're joined by Professor Silke Paulmann, whose research explores how important psychological variables such as stress, power, and motivation can influence the emotions and the attitudes we communicate through our tone of voice.

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