Personality and Motivational Differences in Persons With Mental Retardation

Resource Type

Book - Parent

Description

"This book presents both older and newer models and applications involving personality and motivational operators among persons with mental retardation, seeking to demonstrate the power of motivational variables in understanding the behavior of persons with mental retardation. Early chapters review the work of the few researchers who have investigated personality and motivational self-system processes. Later chapters present a sample of new theories of self-determination, social intelligence and social decision making, the importance of biological factors influencing personality and motivation, and new theories of information processing based on the work of European theorists." Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)

ISBN

080582569X

Author

Harvey L. Switzky

Publication

2001 Lawrence Erlbaum

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