Elliot Andrew, Dweck Carol (ed.) Handbook of Competence and Motivation

The Guilford Press, 2007. — 704 p. — ISBN: 978-1593856069.The Handbook of Competence and Motivation is intended as a comprehensive resource for researchers and theoreticians on the broad topic of achievement motivation. The Handbook succeeds admirably in this function.
It draws together a wide range of theoretical and empirical topics brought to life by a group of world-renowned contributors. Some topics, such as evaluation anxiety and self-regulated learning, are staples in the achievement motivation tradition, while others, such as government.
and social policy, although having considerable relevance to this classic literature, have for too long been separated from the mainstream of research. The breadth and reach, as well as the depth of treatment, of all these topics hold special benefits for the reader. The broad encyclopedic nature of the Handbook will allow readers easily to place their own particular interests in this field firmly in a neighborhood of related research topics and kindred issues.
This will certainly facilitate the kinds of communication among scholars that Elliot and Dweck hope to encourage. Additionally, the depth of treatment within chapters, particularly the way contributors place their observations in the context of historical trends, provides rich, detailed perspectives from which readers can cast up accounts regarding the strides made in this field over the past half century.Part I. Introduction.
Competence and Motivation: Competence as the Core of Achievement Motivation Andrew J. Elliot and Carol S. Dweck.
Part ii. Central constructs.
Intelligence, Competence, and Expertise Robert J. Sternberg.
An Implicit Motive Perspective on Competence Oliver C. Schultheiss and Joachim C. Brunstein.
A conceptual History of the Achievement Goal Construct Andrew J. Elliot.
Motivation from an Attributional Perspective and the Social Psychology of Perceived Competence Bernard Weiner.
Competence Perceptions and Academic Functioning Dale H. Schunk and Frank Pajares.
Subjective Task Value and the Eccles et al. Model of Achievement-Related Choices Jacquelynne S. Eccles.
Self-Theories: Their Impact on Competence Motivation and Acquisition Carol S. Dweck and Daniel C. Molden.
Evaluation Anxiety: Current Theory and Research Moshe Zeidner and Gerald Matthews.
Part iii. Developmental issues.
Temperament and the Development of Competence and Motivation Mary K. Rothbart and Julie Hwang.
The Development of Self-Conscious Emotions Michael Lewis and Margaret Wolan Sullivan.
Competence Assessment, Competence, and Motivation between Early and Middle Childhood Ruth Butler.
Competence, Motivation, and Identity Development during Adolescence Allan Wigfield and A. Laurel Wagner.
Competence and Motivation in Adulthood and Old Age: Making the Most of Changing Capacities and Resources Jutta Heckhausen.
Part iv. Contextual influences.
The Role of Parents in How Children Approach Achievement: A dynamic Process Perspective Eva M. Pomerantz, Wendy S. Grolnick, and Carrie E. Price.
Peer Relationships, Motivation, and Academic Performance at School Kathryn R. Wentzel.
Competence Motivation in the Classroom Tim Urdan and Julianne C. Turner.
Motivation in Sport: The Relevance of Competence and Achievement Goals Joan L. Duda.
Work Competence: A person-Oriented Perspective Ruth Kanfer and Phillip L. Ackerman.
Legislating Competence: High-Stakes Testing Policies and Their Relations with Psychological Theories and Research Richard M. Ryan and Kirk W. Brown.
Gender, Competence, and Motivation Janet Shibley Hyde and Amanda M. Durik.
Race and Ethnicity in the Study of Motivation and Competence Sandra Graham and Cynthia Hudley.
Children’s Competence and Socioeconomic Status in the Family and Neighborhood Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Miriam R. Linver, and Rebecca C. Fauth.
Stereotypes and the Fragility of Academic Competence, Motivation, and Self-Concept Joshua Aronson and Claude M. Steele.
The “Inside” Story: A cultural–Historical Analysis of Being Smart and Motivated, American Style Victoria C. Plaut and Hazel Rose Markus.
Cultural Competence: Dynamic Processes Chi-yue Chiu and Ying-yi Hong.
Part vi. Self-regulatory processes.
The Hidden Dimension of Personal Competence: Self-Regulated Learning and Practice Barry J. Zimmerman and Anastasia Kitsantas.
Engagement, Disengagement, Coping, and Catastrophe Charles S. Carver and Michael F. Scheier.
Defensive Strategies, Motivation, and the Self: A self-Regulatory Process View Frederick Rhodewalt and Kathleen D. Vohs.
Social Comparison and Self-Evaluations of Competence Ladd Wheeler and Jerry Suls.
The Concept of Competence: A starting Place for Understanding Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determined Extrinsic Motivation Edward L. Deci and Arlen C. Moller.
Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Sami Abuhamdeh, and Jeanne Nakamura.
Motivation, Competence, and Creativity Mark A. Runco.
Automaticity in Goal Pursuit Peter M. Gollwitzer and John A. Bargh.
Fantasies and the Self-Regulation of Competence Gabriele Oettingen and Meike Hagenah.