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Cognition and Motivation — Bringing Them Together

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Human Assessment: Cognition and Motivation

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASID,volume 27))

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The intimate relationship between cognition and motivation is usually fully recognised. Indeed, many classical psychological theories and experiments have been more or less based on this insight. In spite of this, there has been — and is — a widespread tendency to measure cognition and motivation separately.

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© 1986 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht

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Busch-Jensen, N. (1986). Cognition and Motivation — Bringing Them Together. In: Newstead, S.E., Irvine, S.H., Dann, P.L. (eds) Human Assessment: Cognition and Motivation. NATO ASI Series, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4406-0_69

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