Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation : the search for optimal motivation and performance / edited by Carol Sansone, Judith M. Harackiewicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sansone, Carol.

Contributor:

Sansone, Carol.

Harackiewicz, Judith M.

Series:

Educational psychology.

Educational psychology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motivation in education.

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In understanding human behavior, psychologists have long been interested in what motivates specific actions. Debates have pitted extrinsic motivators (e.g. rewards/punishment) against intrinsic motivation in attempting to determine what best motivates individuals. This book provides a summary view of what research has determined about both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, and clarifies what questions remain unanswered. Divided into three sections, section I revisits the debate about the effects of extrinsic incentives or constraints on intrinsic motivation and creativity, and identifies the

Contents:

Front Cover; Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Search for Optimal Motivation and Performance; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Looking Beyond Rewards: The Problem and Promise of Intrinsic Motivation; The Birth of Debate; This Book; Part 1: Are the Costs of Rewards Still Hidden? A New Look at an Old Debate; Chapter 2. When Rewards Compete with Nature: The Undermining of Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Regulation; The Interplay of Rewards and Nature; The Age of Rewards; Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation; A New Meta-analysis of Reward Effects

Conclusions Chapter 3. Rewards and Creativity; Task-Contingent Reward Studies; The Impact of Task-Contingent Reward on Creativity of Performance; The Behaviorist Position: A Resolution of Contradictory Findings; Internal Mechanisms; Refining the Model; The "Immunization" Studies; Conclusions and Future Directions; Chapter 4. Rewarding Competence: The Importance of Goals in the Study of Intrinsic Motivation; Our Model of Performance-Contingent Rewards; Empirical Support for the Model; Meta-analyses Revisited; Moderators of Reward Properties; The Power of Process Analysis; Summary

Back to the Future Chapter 5. The Structure and Substance of Intrinsic Motivation; The Language of Intrinsic Motivation; The Language of Goals; A Structural Analysis of Goals and Means; A Structural Perspective on Intrinsic Motivation; Conclusion; Part 2: A New Debate Hidden Costs (and Benefits) of Achievement Goals; Chapter 6. Meaning and Motivation; Early Achievement Motivation Theories; Attribution Theory; Goal Theory; Recent Expansions of Goal Theory; A Meaning Perspective on Achievement Motivation; Individual Differences in Goal Meaning; Meaning Systems versus Attributions

Theories of Intelligence and Self-Worth Relations between Implicit Theory and Approach/Avoidance Motivation; Goal Meaning, Intrinsic Motivation, and Performance; Relating Meaning Systems to Research on Intrinsic Motivation; Summary, Implications, and Conclusions; Chapter 7. What Learners Want to Know: The Role of Achievement Goals in Shaping Information Seeking, Learning, and Interest; Achievement Goals and Functions of Information Seeking in Achievement Settings; Achievement Goals, Information Seeking, and the Adaptivity of Task Engagement

Achievement Goals and Informational Preferences: Empirical Evidence Which Goals Are More Adaptive? Processes and Consequences of Mastery versus Ability-Oriented Information Seeking and Task Engagement; Conclusions and Implications; Chapter 8. Multiple Pathways to Learning and Achievement: The Role of Goal Orientation in Fostering Adaptive Motivation, Affect, and Cognition; A Model of Achievement Goals; Achievement Goals, Mediators, and Outcomes; Conclusions and Future Directions; Chapter 9. Achievement Goals and Optimal Motivation: A Multiple Goals Approach

The Role of Achievement Goals in Optimal Motivation

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-05441-0

9786611054410

0-08-050909-6

0-585-49212-3

OCLC:

773613160