Originally published in 1989, this title provided a wide-ranging and up-to-date review of a traditional area of psychology. It will be of great interest to all those who wish to discover what governs human behaviour and feeling - in other words, what makes people tick.

List of Figures and Tables. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Eating (Biological Imperative?) 3. Sleeping (Biological Imperative?) 4. Sex (Biological Imperative?) 5. Aggression (Biological Imperative?) 6. Gut Reactions and Gut Emotions 7. Predicting and Controlling 8. An Energizing Force? 9. Achieving, Succeeding, Failing, and Persisting 10. Affect, Emotion and Cognition. References. Index.