Advances in Motivation Science.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliot, Andrew J.

Contributor:

Andrew J. Elliot

Series:

Issn Series

Issn Series ; v.Volume 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motivation (Psychology).

Decision making.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chantilly : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores various aspects of human motivation, decision-making, and self-understanding through interdisciplinary research. It addresses topics such as pragmatic prospection, which focuses on how people plan for future actions more than past reflections, with implications for goal attainment and emotional anticipation. The book also examines the quest for self-knowledge, the ecology of meaning in human life, growth goals in educational contexts, and school belonging among marginalized groups. It concludes by discussing the boundaries of rationality in decision-making models. The intended audience includes academics, practitioners, and students interested in psychology, education, and social sciences. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover image

Title page

Table of Contents

Copyright

Contributors

Chapter One: Pragmatic prospection: Theory, research, and practice

Abstract

1 The surprising disappearance of optimism

2 Instead, the results were significant in the opposite direction: Thinking about the future made participants shift toward favoring the low-risk investment

3 Two steps in prospection

4 Evidence for two steps

5 Everyday thoughts

6 Planning: Quintessentially pragmatic prospection

7 Simple plans improve future outcomes

8 Moralizing the future

9 Anticipating emotion

10 Dealing with innovator’s bias

11 When people fail to value future goals

12 Measuring pragmatic prospection

13 Correlates of trait pragmatic prospection

14 Discussion

15 Main points of theory

16 Implications for practice

17 Directions for future research

18 Concluding remarks

References

Chapter Two: The quest for self-knowledge: What do we want to know (and not know) about ourselves

1 Introduction

2 Conclusion Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9780443294396

0443294399

9780443294389

0443294380

OCLC:

1463080138