I believe that motivation is unchangeable and not a research area until I read Edward Deci's book, Why we do what we do: Understanding self-motivation. This book changes my persception of what is a research field. There are so much in this small book - discover your "true self," "controlling motivation and autonomy-supportive motivation," "intrinsic and extrinsic motivation." - the author skillfully explains these "unfamiliar" psychological terms by offering daily life examples. In addition, the author also provide soio-cultural theory of motivation - the impact of culture on individual's motivation.
If you are interested inhuman psychology, this is a book that you cannot miss. Some negative comments of this book are bold generalizatin and lack of solutions. I disagree. Read it and make your own judgement.
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