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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. *Explores personality and motivation in persons with mental retardation *Discusses intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in both mentally retarded and non-retarded children *A useful reference for researchers and scholars in developmental a

Author
Harvey N Switzky; Linda Hickson; Robert L Schalock
Publisher
Elsevier ; Academic Press
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9786610635856
Subjects
Psychology, Medical, Medicine

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