Motivation and Self-Regulation Across the Life-Span

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In the past two decades, an approach to the study of motivation has emerged that focuses on specific cognitive and affective mediators of behavior, in contrast to more general traits or motives. This social-cognitive approach grants goal-oriented motivation its own role in shaping cognition, emotion and behavior, rather than reducing goal-directed behavior to mere information processing or to an enactment of a personality type. This book adds a developmental...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521591767

ISBN13:9780521591768

Release Date:October 1998

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:472 Pages

Weight:1.70 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Behavioral Sciences Child Psychology Cognitive Psychology Developmental Psychology Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Motivational Psychology Psychology & Counseling Self Help

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