Table of Contents

Section I Achievement Motivation: Trends in Theory and Research.- 1 Introduction.- Section II Achievement Motivation Theory.- 2 Motivational Effects in So-Called Tests of Ability and Educational Achievement.- 3 The Origins of Competence and Achievement Motivation in Personal Causation.- 4 Motivation, Evaluation, and Educational Testing Policy.- 5 Effects of Failure: Alternative Explanations and Possible Implications.- 6 Motivation and Educational Productivity: Theories, Results, and Implications.- 7 A Model of Direct and Relational Achieving Styles.- Section III Achievement Motivation and Life Span Human Development.- 8 The Graying of America: Implications for Achievement Motivation Theory and Research.- 9 Motivational Determinants of Adult Personality Functioning and Aging.- 10 A Developmental Perspective on Theories of Achievement Motivation.- Section IV Attributions and Achievement Motivation.- 11 Attributional Style, Task Selection and Achievement.- 12 A Re-examination of Boys’ and Girls’ Causal Attributions for Success and Failure Based on New Zealand Data.- 13 Measuring Causal Attributions for Success and Failure.- 14 Alleviating Learned Helplessness in a Wilderness Setting: An Application of Attribution Theory to Outward Bound.- Section V Sex Differences in Achievement Motivation.- 15 Achievement Motivation and Values: An Alternative Perspective.- 16 Achievement and Vocational Behavior of Women in Iran: A Social and Psychological Study.- 17 Women’s Achievement and Career Motivation: Their Risk Taking Patterns, Home-Career Conflict, Sex Role Orientation, Fear of Success, and Self-concept.- Section VI Teacher Expectations and Achievement Motivation.- 18 Teacher Expectation and Student Learning.- Section VII Achievement Motivation: A Look Toward the Future.- 19 From Single-Variable to Persons-in-Relation.- Author Index.