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Motivational beliefs, values, and goals
Jacquelynne S Eccles1, Allan Wigfield
1Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106, USA. jeccles@isr.umich.edu
Annual Review of Psychology
|December 26, 2001
Summary
This review synthesizes research on motivation, exploring theories of success expectancies, task value, and integrated models. It highlights connections between motivation, cognition, and self-regulation for future research directions.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Educational Psychology
Background:
- Motivation research encompasses beliefs, values, and goals.
- Key theories include self-efficacy, control, intrinsic motivation, and goal orientation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review recent research on motivation in developmental and educational psychology.
- To categorize and discuss theories of motivation, integrating expectancy-value models and self-regulation.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of motivation theories.
- Categorization of theories into four major sections: expectancies, task value, integrated expectancy-value, and motivation-cognition.
Main Results:
- Detailed examination of self-efficacy, control theory, intrinsic motivation, self-determination, flow, interest, goals, attribution theory, expectancy-value models, self-worth theory, social cognitive theories, and volition theories.
- Discussion on integrating self-regulation and expectancy-value models.
Conclusions:
- The chapter provides a comprehensive overview of motivation theories.
- It suggests avenues for future research, emphasizing integration and synthesis.