TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolution and human motivation
T2 - A fundamental motives framework
AU - Schaller, Mark
AU - Kenrick, Douglas
AU - Neel, Rebecca
AU - Neuberg, Steven
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this article was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Insight Grant # 435-2012-0519)
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - An evolutionary perspective on human motivation provides a means of identifying conceptually distinct motivational systems (including motives pertaining to self-protection, disease avoidance, affiliation, status, mate acquisition, mate retention, and parental care), each of which has unique implications for affect, cognition, and behavior. We provide an illustrative summary of some of these empirically documented implications—including those pertaining to individual differences in chronic motivational tendencies, as well as additional implications that follow from temporary activation of these motivational systems. We also summarize a variety of broader implications—both conceptual and practical—that follow from this framework.
AB - An evolutionary perspective on human motivation provides a means of identifying conceptually distinct motivational systems (including motives pertaining to self-protection, disease avoidance, affiliation, status, mate acquisition, mate retention, and parental care), each of which has unique implications for affect, cognition, and behavior. We provide an illustrative summary of some of these empirically documented implications—including those pertaining to individual differences in chronic motivational tendencies, as well as additional implications that follow from temporary activation of these motivational systems. We also summarize a variety of broader implications—both conceptual and practical—that follow from this framework.
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U2 - 10.1111/spc3.12319
DO - 10.1111/spc3.12319
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020833410
SN - 1751-9004
VL - 11
JO - Social and Personality Psychology Compass
JF - Social and Personality Psychology Compass
IS - 6
M1 - e12319
ER -