Achievement and motivation : a social-developmental perspective /

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Imprint:Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Description:x, 291 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in social and emotional development
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1353822
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Other authors / contributors:Pittman, Thane S.
ISBN:0521322200
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Psychological perspectives on motivation and achievement
  • Part I. Intrinsic Motivation
  • 2. The initiation and regulation of intrinsically motivated learning and achievement
  • 3. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations in peer interactions
  • 4. The motivation for creativity in children
  • Part II. Competence and Motivation
  • 5. The relationship between perceived competence, affect, and motivational orientation within the classroom: processes and patterns of change
  • 6. Competence processes and achievement motivation: implications for intrinsic motivation
  • 7. Developmental changes in competence assessment
  • Part III. Motivation and Achievement
  • 8. When achievement is not intrinsically motivated: a theory of internalization and self-regulation in school
  • 9. Children's achievement-related behaviors: the role of extrinsic and intrinsic motivational orientations Cheryl Flink
  • 10. On being psyched up but not psyched out: an optimal pressure model of achievement motivation
  • 11. Self-handicapping and achievement
  • 12. Divergent approaches to the study of motivation and achievement: the central role of extrinsic/intrinsic orientations
  • Name index
  • Subject index