01030nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002000118653001200138653001500150653001300165100002500178700002600203245007000229300001200299490000600311520047900317022001400796020001400810       2002                            d  c07/2002bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aR. S. Woodworth10ahistory10aMotivation10aEmotions1 aLuis Mayor Martínez1 aFrancisco Tortosa Gil00aWoodworth and the origins of the current psychology of motivation  a103-1130 v83 aCurrent psychology of motives and emotions is the result of its emergence conditions and the consolidation of the scientific analysis of such processes in the first third of the 20th century, both with regard to the progress made and the problems posed to its development. This paper analyses contributions by the American psychologist R. S. Woodworth (1869-1962), who played a crucial role in the above process, parallel to the decline of the great instinct-based theories.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437