Synopses & Reviews
Review
"...will be useful to professionals familiar or interested in the social-cognitive approach to achievement." William G. Graziano, Contemporary Psychology
Synopsis
Originally published in 1993, Achievement and Motivation provides a comprehensive review of the research from a social-developmental perspective.
Table of Contents
1. Psychological perspectives on motivation and achievement Thane S. Pittman and Ann K. Boggiano; Part I. Intrinsic Motivation: 2. The initiation and regulation of intrinsically motivated learning and achievement Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan; 3. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations in peer interactions Thane S. Pittman, Ann K. Boggiano and Deborah S. Main; 4. The motivation for creativity in children Teresa M. Amabile and Beth A. Hennessey; Part II. Competence and Motivation: 5. The relationship between perceived competence, affect, and motivational orientation within the classroom: processes and patterns of change Susan Harter; 6. Competence processes and achievement motivation: implications for intrinsic motivation Judith M. Harackiewicz, George Manderlink and Carol Sansone; 7. Developmental changes in competence assessment Diane N. Ruble, Ellen H. Grosovsky, Karin S. Frey and Renae Cohen; Part III. Motivation and Achievement: 8. When achievement is not intrinsically motivated: a theory of internalization and self-regulation in school Richard M. Ryan, James P. Connell and Wendy S. Grolnick; 9. Children's achievement-related behaviors: the role of extrinsic and intrinsic motivational orientations Cheryl Flink, Ann K. Boggiano, Deborah S. Main. Marty Barrett and Phyllis A. Katz; 10. On being psyched up but not psyched out: an optimal pressure model of achievement motivation Philip R. Costanzo, Erik Woody and Pamela Slater; 11. Self-handicapping and achievement Janet Morgan Riggs; 12. Divergent approaches to the study of motivation and achievement: the central role of extrinsic/intrinsic orientations Ann K. Boggiano and Thane S. Pittman; Name index; Subject index.