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There are two distinct approaches to the study of motivation. One stratagem is a product of academic, experimental procedures, while the second is an outgrowth of clinical, non-experimental methods. Each of the approaches has unique advantages and disadvantages. But all investigators in this field are guided by a single basic question, namely, Why do organisms think and behave as they do?
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Weiner, B. (1985). Introduction. In: Human Motivation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5092-0_1
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