Download or read book Volition and Personality written by Julius Kuhl and published by Seattle, WA ; Toronto : Hogrefe & Huber Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an impressive book, which presents a profoundly new approach to analyzing human behavior. The fundamental concept is to focus on how people link motivation with action and why they do or do not stick with their original intentions. The fascinating studies reported here attempt to separate people into two groups: (1) State-oriented individuals who focus under stress on past, present, or future states, rather than on options available for action; versus (2) Action-oriented individuals who focus under stress on action alternatives. This book will be of great interest to both behavioral and cognitive psychologists, psychophysiologists, and specialists in sport as well as aviation psychology.