Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction between approach and avoidance motivation has a venerable history, not only within but beyond scientific psychology, and the deep utility of this distinction is clearly evident across theoretical traditions, disciplines, and content areas. This volume is designed to illustrate and highlight the central importance of this distinction, to serve as a one-stop resource for scholars working in this area, and to facilitate integration among researchers and theorists with an explicit or implicit interest in approach and avoidance motivation.
The main body of this volume is organized according to seven broad sections that represent core areas of interest in the study of approach and avoidance motivation, including neurophysiology and neurobiology, and evaluative processes. Each section contains a minimum of four chapters that cover a specific aspect of approach and avoidance motivation. The broad applicability of the approach-avoidance distinction makes this Handbook an essential resource for researchers, theorists, and students of social psychology and related disciplines.

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Elliot, Andrew J.

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated

Ashgate Publishing Limited

Taylor & Francis Group

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gower Publishing Ltd

CRC Press

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

United States, United States of America

Boca Raton, FL, Florida, 2008

1 edition, May 28, 2008

New York, cop. 2008

1, 20130513

1, PS, 2008

Hove, 2008

2022

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Editor
Contributors
PART I Introduction
Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1 Approach and Avoidance Motivation
PART II Neurophysiology and Neurobiology
Brain Systems and Mechanisms
Chapter 2 Emotional Processing and Motivation: In Search of Brain Mechanisms
Cortical Asymmetry
Chapter 3 Effects of Early Experience on the Development of Cerebral Asymmetry and Approach-Withdrawal
Cortex-Reflex Connections
Chapter 4 Appetitive and Defensive Motivation Is the Substrate of Emotion
Subcortical Processes
Chapter 5 Dopamine and SEEKING: Subcortical "Reward" Systems and Appetitive Urges
Neurotransmitters
Chapter 6 An Accumbens Dopamine-Acetylcholine System for Approach and Avoidance
Hormones
Chapter 7 The Role and Mechanisms of Steroid Hormones in Approach–Avoidance Behavior
Olfaction
Chapter 8 Development of Olfactory Modulated Approach and Avoidance Motivated Behaviors
PART III Basic Dispositions, Goals, and States
Basic Personality Dispositions
Chapter 9 Basic Personality Dispositions Related to Approach and Avoidance: Extraversion/Neuroticism, BAS/BIS, and Positive/Negative Affectivity
Basic Dispositions in Nonhuman Animals
Chapter 10 Individual Differences in Approach and Avoidance Motivation in Animals
Behavioral Genetics
Chapter 11 Genetic Influences on Individual Differences in Approach and Avoidance
Social Motives and Goals
Chapter 12 Making Connections and Avoiding Loneliness: Approach and Avoidance Social Motives and Goals
Achievement Motives and Goals
Chapter 13 Approach and Avoidance Motivation in the Achievement Domain: Integrating the Achievement Motive and Achievement Goal Traditions
Motivational States
Chapter 14 Activation and Measurement of Motivational States
PART IV Evaluative Processes
Evolution of Evaluative Processes I
Chapter 15 Internal Regulatory Variables and the Design of Human Motivation: A Computational and Evolutionary Approach
Evolution of Evaluative Processes II
Chapter 16 Approach and Avoidance Motivation(s): An Evolutionary Perspective
Immediacy and Automaticity of Evaluation
Chapter 17 Evaluative Readiness: The Motivational Nature of Automatic Evaluation
Structure of Evaluation
Chapter 18 The Functional Neuroarchitecture of Evaluative Processes
Evaluation Asymmetry
Chapter 19 How Approach and Avoidance Decisions Influence Attitude Formation and Change
PART V Emotion and Well-Being
Structure of Emotions
Chapter 20 Motivations and Emotivations: Approach, Avoidance, and Other Tendencies in Motivated and Emotional Behavior
Function of Emotions
Chapter 21 Functions of Emotions and Emotion-Related Dysfunction
Distinct Emotional Experience
Chapter 22 Approach, Avoidance, and Emotional Experiences
Anger
Chapter 23 Anger and Approach-Avoidance Motivation
Well-Being
Chapter 24 Approach-Avoidance Goals and Well-Being: One Size Does Not Fit All
PART VI Cognition
Challenge and Threat Appraisal
Chapter 25 Challenge and Threat
Mental Control
Chapter 26 Thought Suppression and Psychopathology
Orienting and Attentional Processes
Chapter 27 Motivational and Attentional Components of Personality
Framing
Chapter 28 How Persons and Situations Regulate Message Framing Effects: The Study of Health Behavior
PART VII The Self
Self-Regulation
Chapter 29 Distinguishing Levels of Approach and Avoidance: An Analysis Using Regulatory Focus Theory
Self-Esteem and Self-Concept
Chapter 30 Approach and Avoidance Motivations in the Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
Self-Knowledge
Chapter 31 Secrets of Resilience: Approaching Negative Self-Aspects Without Aversion
Self-Access
Chapter 32 The Functional Architecture of Approach and Avoidance Motivation
PART VIII Social Context
Culture
Chapter 33 Approach and Avoidance Motivation Across Cultures
Stereotyping
Chapter 34 Interracial Interactions: Approach and Avoidance
Social Comparison
Chapter 35 A Reunion for Approach-Avoidance Motivation and Social Comparison
Social Exclusion
Chapter 36 I Am Approaching the Decision to Avoid You: An Approach and Avoidance Perspective on Research on Social Exclusion and Rejection
Sexual Behavior
Chapter 37 A Dyadic Perspective on Approach and Avoidance Motives for Sexual Behavior
Author Index
Subject Index

Introduction -- Neurophysiology And Neurobiology -- Basic Dispositions, Goals, And States -- Evaluative Processes -- Emotion And Well-being -- Cognition -- The Self -- Social Context. Andrew J. Elliot, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

2025-04-23