International Review of Research in Mental Retardation: Mental Retardation, Personality, and Motivational Systems

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation: Mental Retardation, Personality, and Motivational Systems
ISBN-10
0080463533
ISBN-13
9780080463537
Series
International Review of Research in Mental Retardation
Category
Psychology
Pages
360
Language
English
Published
2006-04-11
Publisher
Elsevier

Description

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 relationships, and the connection between etiological-specific differences and motivation to form "behavioral phenotypes." A final chapter presents a transactional perspective on human ability, relying on constructs of intelligence, cognitive processes, and motivation, with implications for developmental interventions in the lives of persons with mental retardation. Explores personality and motivation in persons with mental retardation Discusses intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in both mentally retarded and non-retarded children A useful reference for researchers and scholars in developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as neuropsychology

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