Edited by
Harvey Switzky, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, U.S.A.
Series Editor:
Laraine Glidden, St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA
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.
Included in series
International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities
Audience:
Academic researchers in developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as neuropsychology.
