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Human life is marked by a continuous flow of activity, including an infinite variety of overt actions and expressions that impact on the social and physical environment. But human activity also has a more covert side, the mental activities of experiencing, perceiving, thinking, feeling and imaging (Klinger, 1971). They are part of this flow, although they are not directly observable by others and impact only indirectly on the environment. Hence human activity can range from dreaming to preplanned, intentional acts.
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Heckhausen, H. (1991). The Study of Motivation: Issues and Approaches. In: Motivation and Action. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75961-1_1
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