Developmental perspectives on motivation
By: Janis E. Jacobs, volume editor ; presenters, Richard M. Ryan .. [et al.]
Contributors: Jacobs, Janis E.; Ryan, Richard M.
Series: Nebraska symposium on motivation -- v. 40; Current theory and research in motivation -- v. 40; Current theory and research in motivation -- 40
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Motivation (Psychology); Congresses; Personality development; Motivation; Personality Development; Motivation (psychologie)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Agency and organization : intrinsic motivation, autonomy, and the self in psychological development  -- Richard M. Ryan; title: The measurement of flow in everyday life : toward a theory of emergent motivation  -- Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi and Kevin Rathunde; title: Visions of self : beyond the me in the mirror  -- Susan Harter; title: School and family effects on the ontogeny of children's interests, self-perceptions, and activity choices  -- Jacquelynne S. Eccles; title: Motivation for social contact across the life span  -- Laura L. Carstensen; title: Commentary on the fortieth Nebraska Symposium on Motivation -- Richard M. Ryan.