Self-theories
Subtitle: their role in motivation, personality, and development
By: Carol S. Dweck.
Series: Essays in social psychology
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Self psychology.; Achievement motivation.; Intellect.; Self-esteem.
Description: This text sheds light on how people work - why they sometimes function well and, at other times, behave in ways that are self-defeating or destructive.

Dweck presents her groundbreaking research on adaptive and maladaptive cognitive-motivational patterns and shows: how these patterns originate in people's self-theories; their consequences for the person - for achievement, social relationships, and emotional well-being; their consequences for society, from issues of human potential to stereotyping and intergroup relations; and the experiences that create them.

Throughout, Dweck shows how examining self-theories illuminates basic issues of human motivation, social cognition, personality, the self, mental health, and development. This text is a must-read for researchers in social psychology, child development, and education, and is appropriate for both graduate and senior undergraduate students in these areas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-173) and index.