The Anatomy of Achievement Motivation

The Anatomy of Achievement Motivation
Author: Heinz Heckhausen
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1483271722

The Anatomy of Achievement Motivation focuses on the study of individual differences in motivations, including the determinants of specific motives and methods of assessing motive strength. The book first offers information on content analysis and evaluative dispositions, as well as the theory of thematic apperception method, experimental method, and sociocultural frames of references and their change over historical time. The manuscript then highlights the important dimensions of experience and conflict. The publication takes a look at the general structure of goals and performance and valence and motive arousal, including psychic distance and discrepancy between a present and a future state. The book then examines goal setting and level of aspiration, performance period, and the origin and development of achievement motivation. The manuscript is a dependable reference for psychologists and readers interested in the facets of achievement motivation.

Societal Development

Societal Development
Author: Szymon Chodak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1973
Genre: Economic development
ISBN: 9780195017229

Monograph presenting a comparison of five social theories of social change in developing countries - covers (1) evolutionary theories, (2) paradigms concerning pre-industrialism and industrialization, (3) theories stressing the psychological aspects of social development, (4) theories of economic development and politics development, and (5) theories of modernization. Bibliography pp. 337 to 350 and references.