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Book Title
Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Develop
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10
1841690244
ISBN-13
9781841690247
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2254241

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
212 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Self-Theories : Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development
Publication Year
2000
Subject
General, Learning Styles, Social Psychology, Motivational & Inspirational, Personal Growth / Self-Esteem
Type
Textbook
Author
Carol S. Dweck
Subject Area
Self-Help, Education, Psychology
Series
Essays in Social Psychology Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
155.2
Table Of Content
Preface. Introduction. 1. What Promotes Adaptive Motivation? Four Beliefs and Four Truths about Ability, Success, Praise, and Confidence. 2. When Failure Undermines and When Failure Motivates: Helpless and Mastery-Oriented Responses. 3. Achievement Goals: Looking Smart vs. Learning. 4. Is Intelligence Fixed or Changeable? Students' Theories About Their Intelligence Foster Their Achievement Goals. 5. Theories of Intelligence Predict (and Create) Differences in Achievement. 6. Theories of Intelligence Create High and Low Effort. 7. Theories and Goals Predict Self-Esteem Loss and Depressive Reactions. 8. Why Confidence and Success Are Not Enough. 9. What Is IQ and Does It Matter? 10. Believing in Fixed Social Traits: Impact on Social Coping. 11. Judging and Labeling Others: Another Effect of Implicit Theories. 12. Belief in the Potential to Change. 13. Holding and Forming Stereotypes. 14. How Does It All Begin? Young Children's Theories about Goodness and Badness. 15. Kinds of Praise and Criticism: The Origins of Vulnerability. 16. Praising Intelligence: More Praise that Backfires. 17. Misconceptions about Self-Esteem and about How to Foster It. 18. Personality, Motivation, Development, and the Self: Theoretical Reflections. 19. Final Thoughts on Controversial Issues.
Synopsis
This innovative text sheds light on how people work -- why they sometimes function well and, at other times, behave in ways that are self-defeating or destructive. The author presents her groundbreaking research on adaptive and maladaptive cognitive-motivational patterns and shows: * How these patterns originate in people's self-theories * Their consequences for the person -- for achievement, social relationships, and emotional well-being * Their consequences for society, from issues of human potential to stereotyping and intergroup relations * The experiences that create them This outstanding text is a must-read for researchers in social psychology, child development, and education, and is appropriate for both graduate and senior undergraduate students in these areas., This innovative text sheds light on how people work - why they sometimes function well and, at other times, behave in ways that are self-defeating or destructive.

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