Advances in Motivation Science, Volume Eleven, the latest release in the Motivation Science series, contains interesting articles that cover topics such as An Ecology of Meaning: An Integrative Framework for Understanding Human Motivations, Beer AMS Quest for Self Knowledge, Boundary conditions of the rational model Finding the limits of rationality, Growth goals: A review of the construct Predictors, Consequences, and Intervention, Pragmatic Prospection Theory, Research, and Practice, and The Quest for Self-Knowledge What Do We Want to Know (and not Know) About Ourselves.
1. An Ecology of Meaning An Integrative Framework for Understanding Human Motivations
Steven Heine
2. Beer AMS Quest for Self Knowledge submitted_final
Jennifer S. Beer
3. Boundary conditions of the rational model Finding the limits of rationality
Piers Steel
4. Growth goals a review of the construct Predictors, Consequences, and Intervention
Andrew J. Martin
5. Pragmatic Prospection Theory, Research, and Practice
Roy F. Baumeister
6. The Quest for Self-Knowledge What Do We Want to Know (and not Know) About Ourselves
Chino Ekwueme and Jamaal Matthews
Andrew J. Elliot is Professor of Psychology at the University of Rochester. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994. His research areas include achievement motivation, approach-avoidance motivation, the development of motivation and self-regulation, and subtle cue and context effects on psychological functioning. He has been (or currently is) an Associate Editor at Emotion, Journal of Personality, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Science, and Social and Personality Psychology Compass, and has edited two handbooks: Handbook of competence and motivation (with Carol Dweck) and Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation. He has over 170 scholarly publications, has received research grants from public and private agencies, and has been awarded multiple awards for his research contributions.
