2015 Reprint of 1953 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This book makes three discrete contributions to the theory of motivation. The first contribution is a theory of motivation; the second large section carefully describes the measurement of the achievement motive through content-analysis of imaginations stories; the rest of the book summarizes a number of experiments with the achievement motive as the dependent variable. McClelland is chiefly known for his work on achievement motivation, but his research interests extended to...

2015 Reprint of 1959 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In this pamphlet, McClelland, best known for his scientific work on the achievement motive, tackles the tricky issue of the relationship between psychoanalysis and mysticism. McClelland argues that the religious roots of psychoanalysis and its novel ways of interpreting human relationships have profound meaning for Christian churches.