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Overview of current trends in the psychology of motivation
and volition, covering basic research as well as developmen-
tal and applied aspects. Intention and volition are consi-
dered in chapters on behavior dynamics, self-regulation, and
control over intention and actions.
Sommario
I. Facets of Motivation.- to Part I.- 1. Biological Aspects of Human Motivation.- 2. The Role of Emotions in a Theory of Motivation.- 3. Gender Differences in Values: Implications of the Expectancy-Value Model.- 4. Michigan Studies of Fear of Failure.- 5. Motivation and Future Orientation: Task and Time Effects for Achievement Motivation.- 6. Perceived Ability and Achievement-Related Behavior.- 7. Modeling and Achievement-Related Behavior.- 8. Power Motivation and the Perception of Control.- 9. The Aggression Motive and Personality Development: Japan and Germany.- II. Motivational Development.- to Part II.- 10. Toddlers' Actions: Knowledge, Control, and the Self.- 11. Achievement-Related Emotions in Preschoolers.- 12. The Role of Toys and Games in an Ecological Approach to Motive Development.- 13. Conceptions of Ability Across the School Years: Reflections on Method.- III. Applied Motivational Psychology.- to Part III.- 14. Research on Achievement Motivation in School and College.- 15. Compensatory Effects of Student Self-Concept and Instructional Quality on Academic Achievement.- 16. The Motivational Analysis of High-Risk Sport.- 17. The Effects of Motivation on Job Performance.- IV. Intention and Volition.- to Part IV.- 18. Action Control: The Maintenance of Motivational States.- 19. A Model of Self-Regulation.- 20. The Respective Roles of Cognition and Motivation in Behavioral Dynamics, Intention, and Volition.- 21. The Development of Children's Knowledge of Self-Control Strategies.- 22. Current Concerns and Disengagement from Incentives.- 23. The Implementation of Identity Intentions: A Motivational-Volitional Perspective on Symbolic Self-Completion.- 24. Metaprocesses and the Regulation of Behavior.- References.- Author Index.
Info autore
Julius Kuhl, geboren 1947, Dr. phil., nach Forschungsaufenthalten in den USA und Mexico sowie 4 Jahren als leitender Wissenschaftler am Max-Planck-Institut für psychologische Forschung Professor für Persönlichkeitspsychologie in Osnabrück; er entwickelte die Theorie der Persönlichkeits-System-Interaktionen (PSI-Theorie). 2012 Preis für sein wissenschaftliches Lebenswerk von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie.
