Personality Development in Individuals with Mental Retardation

Herausgeber: Bennett-Gates, Dianne; Zigler, Edward

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By consolidating forty years of Zigler's research with the work of other major researchers in the field of personality, this book provides a single resource for students, researchers, and professionals working in the field of mental retardation. The basic focus is that although cognitive impairment is a defining feature, personality, emotions, and motivation play a significant role in the behavior of individuals with mental retardation. The comprehensive overview of the theory, research, and practical considerations provided in this book has relevance in identifying, educating, and integrating mentally retarded individuals into society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9780521630481
• ISBN-10: 0521630487
• Artikelnr.: 22022928

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: 1. The individual with mental retardation as a whole person Edward
Zigler; 2. Intrinsic motivation and motivational self-system processes in
persons with mental retardation: a theory of motivational orientation
Harvey N. Switzky; 3. Cognitive performance and learned helplessness in
mentally retarded persons John R. Weisz; 4. Developmental and experiential
variables in the self-images of people with mild mental retardation Marion
Glick; Part II: 5. Motivation for social reinforcement: positive and
negative reaction tendency Dianne Bennett-Gates and Edward Zigler; 6.
Expectancy of success in individuals with mental retardation Dianne
Bennett-Gates and Shulamith Kreitler; 7. The effectance motivation and the
performance of individuals with mental retardation Dianne Bennett-Gates; 8.
Outerdirectedness Jane Bybee and Edward Zigler; 9. Assessing personality
traits of individuals with mental retardation Edward Zigler, Dianne
Bennett-Gates and Robert M. Hodapp; Part III: 10. Parenting, etiology, and
personality-motivational functioning in children with mental retardation
Robert M. Hodapp and Deborah J. Fidler; 11. Personality-motivation: new
ties to Psychopathology, etiology, and intervention Elisabeth M. Dykens.