Mental retardation, personality, and motivational systems / edited by Harvey N. Switzky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Switzky, Harvey N.

Series:

International review of research in mental retardation ; 31.

International review of research in mental retardation ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual disability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Academic Press, 2006.

Summary:

Volume 31 of the International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is a thematic exploration of personality and motivation in persons with mental retardation. Looking at a broad spectrum of intellectual disabilities, Mental Retardation, Personality, and Motivational Systems explores motivation as a moderator for performance and individualized effort. Coverage includes discussions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in both mentally retarded and non-retarded children, self-determination, interpersonal decision making in adolescents and adults with mental retardation, interpersonal relati

Contents:

Cover Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: The Importance of Cognitive-Motivational Variables in Understanding the Outcome Performance of Persons with Mental Retardation: A Personal View from the Early Twenty-First Century; I. Introduction; II. Effectance Motivation, Mastery Motivation, and Theories of Intrinsic Motivation; A. Contributions of the Yale Group; B. Contributions of the Peabody-Vanderbilt Group; C. Switzky's Contributions and Research Odyssey

III. Implications of cognitive-motivational variables in understanding the outcome performance of persons with mental retardation and intellectual disabilitiesA. Motivation and the AAMR Model of Mental Retardation; IV. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Self-Determination, Causal Agency, and Mental Retardation; I. Introduction; II. Self-Determination; A. Self-Determination and Determinism; B. Self-Determination in Psychology; C. Self-Determination and Disability; III. Models of Self-Determination in the Field of Mental Retardation; A. Self-Determination as a Function of Self-Regulation

B. A Functional Model of Self-DeterminationC. Research on Self-Determination and Mental Retardation; IV. Future Directions for Research in Self-Determination and Mental Retardation; A. Causal Agency Theory; References; Chapter 3: The Role of Motivation in the Decision Making of Adolescents with Mental Retardation; I. Adolescent Risk Behaviors; A. Life Task Perspective; B. Risk Taking; C. Victimization; D. Risk Behaviors and Decision Making; II. Theoretical Perspectives on Decision Making; A. The Role of Motivation in Decision Making; B. Adolescent Development and Decision Making

III. Decision Making and Mental RetardationA. Decision-Making Effectiveness of Individuals with Mental Retardation; B. A Conceptual Framework; C. Research Support for Conceptual Framework; IV. Decision Making in Adolescents With Mental Retardation; A. Situational and Environmental Factors; B. Motivational Processes; V. New Directions; A. Focus on Motivational Processes and their Interrelationships in Decision Making; B. Implications for Intervention; VI. Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Individual Differences in Interpersonal Relationships for Persons with Mental Retardation

I. IntroductionII. Individual differences in the structure and function of relationships; A. Structure of Relationships; B. Function of Relationships; III. Individual differences in motivation and implications for interpersonal relationships; IV. Individual differences in Perceptions of relationships; V. Individual differences in social support and social strain; A. Social Support Research: Overview; B. Social Support and Mental Retardation; C. Social Strain Research: An Overview; D. Social Strain and Mental Retardation; VI. Individual differences in Reciprocity; A. Reciprocity: An Overview

B. Reciprocity and Mental Retardation

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-63585-1

9786610635856

0-08-046353-3

OCLC:

476018295