Mental Retardation, Personality, and Motivational Systems

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. Related volumes: Personality and Motivation in Mental Retardation, Volume 28 of the International Review of Research in Mental RetardationHickson, Linda is the author of 'Mental Retardation, Personality, and Motivational Systems ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780123662316 and ISBN 0123662311.