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The idea for this book grew out of the conference "Motivational Psychology of Ontogenesis" held at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany, in May 1998. This conference focused on the interface of development and motivation and therefore brought together scholars from three major areas in psychology - developmental, motivational and lifespan. This combination of fields represents the potential influence of development on motivation and the potential role motivation plays in development and its major contexts of family, work and school. Thus, contributors were chosen to apply motivational models to diverse settings of human everyday life and in various age groups across the life span, ranging from early childhood to old age.

Section headings and selected papers: Acknowledgments. List of contributors. Introduction (J. Heckhausen). Attachment, Curiosity and Anxiety as Motivational Influences in Child Development. Curiosity and anxiety as motivational determinants of cognitive development (C. Trudewind). Motivation, Emotion and Interests in School Learning. Goal orientations: their impact on academic learning and their development during adolescence (O. Köller). Motives, Goals and Developmental Tasks as Organizers of Developmental Regulation. The interplay of work and family in young and middle adulthood (B.S. Wiese, A.M. Freund). Work, Love and Children: Individual Motivation and Societal Conditions for Mastering Developmental Tasks in Adulthood. Stability and change in romantic relationships (H.-W. Bierhoff, E. Rohmann). Name index. Subject index.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Curiosity and anxiety as motivational determinants of cognitive development / Clemens Trudewind -- Attachment and behavioral inhibition : two perspectives on early motivational development / Axel Schölmerich -- Activity and motivation : a plea for a human frame motivation / Rolf Oerter -- Motivation and self-regulated learning / Falko Rheinberg, Regina Vollmeyer, and Bruce D. Burns -- Interest and human development during adolescence : an educational-psychological approach / Andreas Krapp -- Goal orientations : their impact on academic learning and their development during early adolescence / Olaf Köller -- A social-cognitive, control-value theory of achievement emotions / Reinhard Pekrun -- Training in empirical research methods : analysis of problems and intervention from a motivational perspective / Robin Stark and Heinz Mandl -- A theory of self-development : affective fixation and the STAR model of personality disorders and related styles / Julius Kuhl -- Developmental regulation across the life span : an action-phase model of engagement and disengagement with developmental goals / Jutta Heckhausen -- The interplay of work and family in young and middle adulthood / Bettina S. Wiese and Alexandra M. Freund -- Are discrepancies between developmental status and aspired goals a sufficient motivation for developmental progression? / Inge Seiffge-Krenke -- Cohort change in adolescent developmental timetables after German unification : trends and possible reasons / Rainer K. Silbereisen and Margit Wiesner -- Motivation and volition in pursuing personal work goals / Lutz von Rosenstiel, Hugo M. Kehr, and Günter W. Maier -- Self-starting behavior at work : toward a theory of personal initiative / Doris Fay and Michael Frese -- Stability and change in romantic relationships / Hans-Werner Bierhoff and Elke Rohmann -- Motivation for parenthood and early family development : findings of a five-year longitudinal study / Klaus A. Schneewind.

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