Handbook of Competence and Motivation

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Contents:

Part I Introduction

• Competence and motivation: Competence as the core of achievement motivation.

Part II Central Constructs

• Intelligence, competence, and expertise
• An implicit motive perspective on competence
• A conceptual history of the achievement goal construct
• Motivation from an attributional perspective and the social psychology of perceived competence
• Competence perceptions and academic functioning
• Subjective task value and the Eccles et al. Model of achievement-related choices
• Self-theories: Their impact on competence motivation and acquisition
• Evaluation anxiety: Current theory and research

Part III Developmental Issues

• Temperament and the development of competence and motivation
• The development of self-conscious emotions
• Competence assessment, competence, and motivation between early and middle childhood
• Competence, motivation, and identity development during adolescence
• Competence and motivation in adulthood and old age: Making the most of changing capacities and resources

Part IV Contextual Influences

• The role of parents in how children approach achievement: A dynamic process perspective
• Peer relationship, motivation, and academic performance at school
• Competence motivation in the classroom
• Motivation in sport: The relevance of competence and achievement goals
• Work competence:A person-oriented perspective
• Legislating competence: High-stakes testing policies and their relations with psychological theories and research

Part V Demographics and Culture

• Gender, competence, and motivation
• Race and ethnicity in the study of motivation and competence
• Children's competence and socioeconomic status in the family and neighborhood
• Stereotypes and the fragility of the academic competence, motivation, and self-concept
• The "inside" story: A cultural-historical analysis of being smart and motivated, American style
• Cultural competence: Dynamic processes

Part VI Self-Regulatory Processes

• The hidden dimension of personal competence: Self-regulated learning and practice
• Engagement, disengagement, coping, and catastrophe
• Defensive strategies, motivation, and the self: A self-regulatory process view
• Social comparison and self-evaluation of competence
• The concept of competence: A starting place for understanding intrinsic motivation and self-determined extrinsic motivation
• Flow
• Motivation, competence, and creativity
• Automaticity in goal pursuit
• Fantasies and the self-regulation if competence

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