Motivational Beliefs, Values, and Goals

2002/02/01 by Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Allan Wigfield · 7,318 citations
Psychology · #Attribution #Autonomy #Cognition #Cognitive evaluation theory #Cognitive psychology #Creativity in Education and Neuroscience #Education, Achievement, and Giftedness #Expectancy theory #Goal theory #Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports #Psychology #Self-determination theory #Social cognition #Social cognitive theory #Social psychology #Value (mathematics) #Volition (linguistics)

paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135153

published in Annual Review of Psychology 53(1), 109-132 (Annual Reviews)

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the recent research on motivation, beliefs, values, and goals, focusing on developmental and educational psychology. The authors divide the chapter into four major sections: theories focused on expectancies for success (self-efficacy theory and control theory), theories focused on task value (theories focused on intrinsic motivation, self-determination, flow, interest, and goals), theories that integrate expectancies and values (attribution theory, the expectancy-value models of Eccles et al., Feather, and Heckhausen, and self-worth theory), and theories integrating motivation and cognition (social cognitive theories of self-regulation and motivation, the work by Winne & Marx, Borkowski et al., Pintrich et al., and theories of motivation and volition). The authors end the chapter with a discussion of how to integrate theories of self-regulation and expectancy-value models of motivation and suggest new directions for future research.

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