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1 online resource (xx, 540 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Development, action, and intentionality / Jochen Brandtstädter and Richard M. Lerner -- Revisiting Individuals as producers of their development : from dynamic interactionism to developmental systems / Richard M. Lerner and Ted Walls -- The self in action and development : cultural, biosocial, and ontogenetic bases of intentional self-development / Jochen Brandtstädter -- Selectivity in life-span development : biological and societal canalizations and individuals' developmental goals / Jutta Heckhausen and Richard Schulz -- Freedom isn't free : power, alienation, and the consequences of action / Dale Dannefer -- The dynamic codevelopment of intentionality, self, and social relations / Michael F. Mascolo, Kurt W. Fischer, and Robert A. Neimeyer -- The pursuit of personal goals : a motivational approach to well-being and life adjustment / Joachim C. Brunstein, Oliver C. Schultheiss, and Günter W. Maier -- Personal projects and social ecology : themes and variations across the life span / Brian R. Little -- Life planning : anticipating future life goals and managing personal development / Jacqui Smith -- The process of meaning construction : dissecting the flow of semiotic activity / Ingrid E. Josephs, Jaan Valsiner, and Seth E. Surgan -- A motivational-volitional perspective on identity development / Peter M. Gollwitzer [and others] -- Free fantasies about the future and the emergence of developmental goals / Gabriele Oettingen -- Psychological control in later life : implications for life-span development / Helene H. Fung, Ronald P. Abeles, and Laura L. Carstensen -- Intentional self-development through adulthood and later life : tenacious pursuit and flexible adjustment of goals / Jochen Brandtstädter, Dirk Wentura, and Klaus Rothermund -- Successful development and aging : the role of selection, optimization, and compensation / Alexandra M. Freund, Karen Z.H. Li, and Paul B. Baltes -- Emotional learning and mechanisms of intentional psychological change / Karen S. Quigley and Lisa Feldman Barrett -- Action regulation, coping, and development / Ellen A. Skinner. |
| Summary |
This text explores the theoretical breadth of models and ideas relevant to action theory. Areas addresssed include personal goals, projects, life themes, life planning, cultural agency and historical and social contexts impact developmental patterns. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Intentionalism.
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Intentionalism. |
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Action theory.
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Action theory. |
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Maturation (Psychology)
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Maturation (Psychology) |
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Brandtstädter, Jochen.
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Lerner, Richard M.
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| Added Title |
Action and self-development |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Action & self-development. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, ©1999 0761915435 (DLC) 99006325 (OCoLC)41184957 |
| ISBN |
9781452261997 (electronic book) |
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1452261997 (electronic book) |
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9781452204802 (ebook) |
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1452204802 (ebook) |
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0761915435 |
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9780761915430 |
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