Self-theories
eBook - ePub

Self-theories

Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development

  1. 212 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Self-theories

Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development

About this book

This innovative 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. The author 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
* The experiences that create them

This outstanding 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.

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Information

Publisher
Psychology Press
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781317710325
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Social Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. About the Author
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 What Promotes Adaptive Motivation? Four Beliefs and Four Truths About Ability, Success, Praise, and Confidence
  9. Chapter 2 When Failure Undermines and When Failure Motivates: Helpless and Mastery-Oriented Responses
  10. Chapter 3 Achievement Goals: Looking Smart Versus Learning
  11. Chapter 4 Is Intelligence Fixed or Changeable? Students' Theories About Their Intelligence Foster Their Achievement Coals
  12. Chapter 5 Theories of Intelligence Predict (and Create) Differences in Achievement
  13. Chapter 6 Theories of Intelligence Create High and Low Effort
  14. Chapter 7 Implicit Theories and Goals Predict Self-Esteem Loss and Depressive Reactions to Negative Events
  15. Chapter 8 Why Confidence and Success Are Not Enough
  16. Chapter 9 What is IQ and Does It Matter?
  17. Chapter 10 Believing in Fixed Social Traits: Impact on Social Coping
  18. Chapter 11 Judging and Labeling Others: Another Effect of Implicit Theories
  19. Chapter 12 Belief in the Potential to Change
  20. Chapter 13 Holding and Forming Stereotypes
  21. Chapter 14 How Does It All Begin? Young Children's Theories About Goodness and Badness
  22. Chapter 15 Kinds of Praise and Criticism: The Origins of Vulnerability
  23. Chapter 16 Praising Intelligence: More Praise that Backfires
  24. Chapter 17 Misconceptions About Self-Esteem and About How to Foster It
  25. Chapter 18 Personality, Motivation, Development, and the Self: Theoretical Reflections
  26. Chapter 19 Final Thoughts on Controversial Issues
  27. References
  28. Appendix: Measures of Implicit Theories, Confidence, and Goals
  29. Index