Mental retardation, personality, and motivational systems /

• Other Authors: Switzky, Harvey N.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Academic Press, 2006.
• Series: International review of research in mental retardation ; v. 31.
• Subjects: Mental retardation.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 339 pages) : illustrations.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0123662311; 9780123662316

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 and cognitive psychology, as well as neuropsychology.