Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior

Buch | Hardcover
372 Seiten
1985 | 1985 ed.
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-306-42022-1 (ISBN)

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Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior - Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan
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Early in this century, most empirically oriented psychologists believed that all motivation was based in the physiology of a set of non-nervous­ system tissue needs. The theories of that era reflected this belief and used it in an attempt to explain an increasing number of phenomena. It was not until the 1950s that it became irrefutably clear that much of human motivation is based not in these drives, but rather in a set of innate psychological needs. Their physiological basis is less understood; and as concepts, these needs lend themselves more easily to psycho­ logical than to physiological theorizing. The convergence of evidence from a variety of scholarly efforts suggests that there are three such needs: self-determination, competence, and interpersonal relatedness. This book is primarily about self-determination and competence (with particular emphasis on the former), and about the processes and structures that relate to these needs. The need for interpersonal relat­ edness, while no less important, remains to be explored, and the findings from those explorations will need to be integrated with the present theory to develop a broad, organismic theory of human motivation. Thus far, we have articulated self-determination theory, which is offered as a working theory-a theory in the making. To stimulate the research that will allow it to evolve further, we have stated self-determination theory in the form of minitheories that relate to more circumscribed domains, and we have developed paradigms for testing predictions from the various minitheories.

I: Background.- 1. An Introduction.- 2. Conceptualizations of Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination.- II: Self-Determination Theory.- 3. Cognitive Evaluation Theory: Perceived Causality and Perceived Competence.- 4. Cognitive Evaluation Theory: Interpersonal Communication and Intrapersonal Regulation.- 5. Toward an Organismic Integration Theory: Motivation and Development.- 6. Causality Orientations Theory: Personality Influences on Motivation.- III: Alternative Approaches.- 7. Operant and Attributional Theories.- 8. Information-Processing Theories.- IV: Applications and Implications.- 9. Education.- 10. Psychotherapy.- 11. Work.- 12. Sports.- References.- Author Index.

Reihe/Serie Perspectives in Social Psychology
Zusatzinfo XVI, 372 p.
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Humanistische Psychotherapien
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-306-42022-8 / 0306420228
ISBN-13 978-0-306-42022-1 / 9780306420221
Zustand Neuware
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