Beschreibung:
Some of the best current work on the development of motivation is presented in this fortieth volume of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. The diverse approaches for conceptualizing and studying motivational development psychology that extends the traditional area of achievement motivation. Some major themes emerge: the conceptualization of the self, the internal and external factors that affect development of motivations, and the choices that result from one's motivations.
Introduction / Janis E. Jacobs -- Agency and organization : intrinsic motivation, autonomy, and the self in psychological development / Richard M. Ryan -- The measurement of flow in everyday life : toward a theory of emergent motivation / Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi and Kevin Rathunde -- Visions of self : beyond the me in the mirror / Susan Harter -- School and the family effects on the ontogeny of children's interests, self-perceptions, and activity choices / Jacquelynne S. Eccles -- Motivation for social contact across the life span / Laura L. Carstensen -- Commentary on the fortieth Nebraska Symposium on Motivation / Richard M. Ryan -- Abstracts for poster presentations / Heidi Inderbitzen-Pisaruk.