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EJ386538 TM514204
Title: A Social-Cognitive Approach to Motivation and Personality.Author(s): Dweck, Carol S.; Leggett, Ellen L.
Source: Psychological Review, v95 n2 p256-73 Apr 1988
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1989
A research-based model is presented that accounts for major patterns of adaptive and maladaptive behavior in terms of underlying
psychological processes. It is postulated that as individuals' self-attributes are translated into allied goals, these goals generate
corresponding behavior patterns. (SLD)
Descriptors: *Adjustment (to Environment); *Behavior Patterns; Cognitive Processes; *Goal Orientation; Individual Psychology; Models;
*Motivation; *Personality; Psychological Patterns; Research Methodology; Self Concept; *Social Cognition
