The Anatomy of Achievement Motivation
The Anatomy of Achievement Motivation

Author: Heinz Heckhausen

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1483271722

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The Anatomy of Achievement Motivation focuses on the study of individual differences in motivations, including the determinants of specific motives and methods of assessing motive strength. The book first offers information on content analysis and evaluative dispositions, as well as the theory of thematic apperception method, experimental method, and sociocultural frames of references and their change over historical time. The manuscript then highlights the important dimensions of experience and conflict. The publication takes a look at the general structure of goals and performance and valence and motive arousal, including psychic distance and discrepancy between a present and a future state. The book then examines goal setting and level of aspiration, performance period, and the origin and development of achievement motivation. The manuscript is a dependable reference for psychologists and readers interested in the facets of achievement motivation.

The Anatomy of Achievement Gaps
The Anatomy of Achievement Gaps

Author: Jaekyung Lee

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 0190217642

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Through the lens of interdisciplinary and systems perspectives, The Anatomy of Achievement Gaps offers an expert critical analysis of the underachievement problems plaguing the American education system today. By providing a blueprint to meet these challenges, Jaekyung Lee both evaluates and informs American educational policies with a new model of achievement for preschool through college-aged students.

Handbook of Motivational Counseling
Handbook of Motivational Counseling

Author: W. Miles Cox

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-03-25

Total Pages: 677

ISBN-13: 111999618X

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Revised and updated to reflect the most recent developments in the field, the second edition of the Handbook of Motivational Counseling presents comprehensive coverage of the development and identification of motivational problems and the most effective treatment techniques. Equips clinicians with specific instructions for enhancing clients’ motivation for change by targeting their maladaptive motivational patterns Provides step-by-step instructions in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the motivational assessments, along with details of how to implement the counseling procedures Updated to reflect the most current research and effective treatment techniques, along with all-new chapters on motive-based approaches, motivational counseling with the dually diagnosed, cognitive and motivational retraining, meaning-centered counseling, and motivation in sport Showcases various basic motivational techniques and their adaptations, such as bibliotherapy, individual therapy, and group counseling, while demonstrating specialized uses of the techniques, such as in work settings and rehabilitation medicine

Human Motivation
Human Motivation

Author: David C. McClelland

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988-01-29

Total Pages: 694

ISBN-13: 1316101681

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Human Motivation, originally published in 1987, offers a broad overview of theory and research from the perspective of a distinguished psychologist whose creative empirical studies of human motives span forty years. David McClelland describes methods for measuring motives, the development of motives out of natural incentives and the relationship of motives to emotions, to values and to performance under a variety of conditions. He examines four major motive systems - achievement, power, affiliation and avoidance - reviewing and evaluating research on how these motive systems affect behaviour. Scientific understanding of motives and their interaction, he argues, contributes to understanding of such diverse and important phenomena as the rise and fall of civilisations, the underlying causes of war, the rate of economic development, the nature of leadership, the reasons for authoritarian or democratic governing styles, the determinants of success in management and the factors responsible for health and illness. Students and instructors alike will find this book an exciting and readable presentation of the psychology of human motivation.

Pleasure, Reward, Preference
Pleasure, Reward, Preference

Author: D. E. Berlyne

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1483273725

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Pleasure, Reward, Preference: Their Nature, Determinants, and Role in Behavior covers the proceedings of a symposium by the same title, held at the Klarskovgaard Training Institute, near Korsør, Denmark, on June 5-9 1972, organized under the auspices of the Advisory Group on Human Factors of the Scientific Affairs Division of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This book is composed of 11 chapters, and starts with a historical perspective and review of the principal problems related to understanding the principles of pleasure, reward, and preference. The next chapters explore neurophysiological research with animals and the human cognitive phenomena. These topics are followed by discussions of the concept of exploratory choice, verbal judgment, the law of effects and an adaptation-level model for affectivity and perception. The concluding chapters provide examples of behavioristic theories and describe a process model of motivation to understand the complexity of cognition and predictability of behavior. These chapters also tackle the role of pleasure and reward in human motivation and learning, as well as present a metascientific frame of motivation. This text will prove useful to psychologists, behaviorist, and researchers.

Strategies That Promote Student Engagement
Strategies That Promote Student Engagement

Author: Ernestine G. Riggs

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2008-08-01

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1452238650

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"A captivating topic for teachers, as we all have students who are capable and yet choose not to learn." —Melissa Miller, Sixth-Grade Teacher Lynch Middle School, Farmington, AR "The authors are clearly passionate about the need to uncover and build upon students′ desire and motivation to learn." —Paul Parkison, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education University of Southern Indiana Discover how to release the will to learn in all students! Students who have a strong sense of self-worth and know what they can achieve are more likely to be fully engaged in the learning process and capable of significant academic achievements. This updated edition of Connecting With Students′ Will to Succeed offers practical lessons to help all students channel their emotions and energy into becoming positive, self-motivated, and self-directed learners. Focusing on the concept of conation—"the internal drive that pushes one beyond ordinary expectations and accomplishments"—the authors offer research-based strategies that enable teachers to nurture self-esteem in students and inspire learners with low expectations to strive for excellence. This revised resource offers: Updated research that informs teaching methods Chapter-opening quotes from teachers and students Additional grade-specific individual and group activities that include instructional objectives for specific content areas Suggestions for both formal and informal assessments in each chapter Strategies That Promote Student Engagement is a road map for connecting the heart, mind, and will of teachers and students to the lifelong pursuit of learning.

Handbook of Self-Regulation
Handbook of Self-Regulation

Author: Monique Boekaerts

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2005-07-25

Total Pages: 814

ISBN-13: 0080575498

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The Handbook of Self-Regulation represents state-of-the-art coverage of the latest theory, research, and developments in applications of self-regulation research. Chapters are of interest to psychologists interested in the development and operation of self-regulation as well as applications to health, organizational, clinical, and educational psychology.This book pulls together theory, research, and applications in the self-regulation domain and provides broad coverage of conceptual, methodological, and treatment issues. In view of the burgeoning interest and massive research on various aspects of self-regulation, the time seems ripe for this Handbook, aimed at reflecting the current state of the field. The goal is to provide researchers, students, and clinicians in the field with substantial state-of-the-art overviews, reviews, and reflections on the conceptual and methodological issues and complexities particular to self-regulation research. - Coverage of state-of-the-art in self-regulation research from different perspectives - Application of self-regulation research to health, clinical, organizational, and educational psychology - Brings together in one volume research on self-regulation in different subdisciplines - Most comprehensive and penetrating compendium of information on self-regulation from multi-disciplinary perspectives

Personality and Motivational Differences in Persons With Mental Retardation
Personality and Motivational Differences in Persons With Mental Retardation

Author: Harvey N. Switzky

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2001-04

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1135685819

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This book presents the most comprehensive review of research regarding personality and motivational differences in persons with mental retardation. From the personal commentary of Edward Zigler, H. Carl Haywood, and Harvey N. Switzky, the book summarizes the classical work of the Yale and Peabody-Vanderbilt School over the last 40 years. A sampling of new directions in research is provided, including work on self-determination theory and practice; decision making; direct and indirect effects of genetic mental retardation syndromes on personality; personality and psychopathology in genetic mental retardation syndromes; a new theory of information processing linking cognition, motivation, and performance; and a sensitivity theory of motivation. This definitive work presents older and evolving newer models and applications to the field in order to demonstrate the power of motivational variables in understanding the behavior of persons with mental retardation. The purpose is to enhance the quality of life in persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities.

Motivation: Theory and Research
Motivation: Theory and Research

Author: Harold F. O'Neil

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 113647854X

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Designed for professionals and graduate students in the personality/social, military, and educational psychology, and assessment/evaluation communities, this volume explores the state of the art in motivational research for individuals and teams from multiple theoretical viewpoints as well as their effects in both schools and training environments. The great majority of education and training R&D is focused on the cognitive dimensions of learning, for instance, the acquisition and retention of knowledge and skills. Less attention has been given in the literature and in the design of education and training itself to motivational variables and their influence on performance. As such, this book is unique in the following montage of factors: * a focus on motivation of teams or groups as well as individuals; * an examination of the impact of motivation on performance (and, thus, also on cognition) rather than only on motivation itself; * research in training as well as educational settings. The data reported were collected in various venues including schools, laboratories and field settings. The chapter authors are the researchers that, in many cases, have defined the state of the art in motivation.

Handbook of Individual Differences, Learning, and Instruction
Handbook of Individual Differences, Learning, and Instruction

Author: David H. Jonassen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 1136481060

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Written for teachers, trainers, and instructional designers -- anyone who is responsible for designing or preparing instruction -- this book begins with one basic premise: individual differences mediate learning at all levels and in all situations. That is, some learners find it easier or more difficult to learn some skills or to learn from certain forms of instruction because they vary in terms of aptitude, cognitive styles, personality, or learning styles. This volume describes most of the major differences in a readable and accessible way and demonstrates how to design various forms of instruction and predict the ease with which learners will acquire different skills. Most books that discuss any learner differences focus on those that characterize special education populations, whereas this book focuses on normal learners. Designed as a handbook, this volume is structured to provide easy and consistent access to information and answers, and prescriptions and hypotheses. When definitive answers are not possible because there is no research documentation, the authors suggest theories designed to stimulate future research.