Motivation and self-regulation across the life span
By: edited by Jutta Heckhausen and Carol S. Dweck.
Contributors: Heckhausen, Jutta, 1957-; Dweck, Carol S., 1946-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
Subjects: Motivation (Psychology); Self-control
Description: In the last 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 book adds to this process-oriented approach a developmental perspective. Critical elements of motivational systems can be specified and their interrelations understood by charting the origins and the developmental course of motivational processes. Moreover, a process-oriented approach helps to identify critical transitions and effective developmental interventions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Based on a conference entitled Life-Span Perspectives on Montivation and Control ... held in July 1995 at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin"--Pref.