{"product_id":"expectations-and-actions-expectancyvalue-models-in-psychology-psychology-revivals-9780367714338","title":"Expectations and Actions ExpectancyValue Models","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1982, this book examines the current status of expectancy-value models in psychology. The focus is upon cognitive models that relate action to the perceived attractiveness or aversiveness of expected consequences. A person's behavior is seen to bear some relation to the expectations the person holds and the subjective value of the consequences that might occur following the action. Despite widespread interest in the expectancy-value (valence) approach at the time, there was no book that looked at its current status and discussed its strengths and its weaknesses, using contributions from some of the theorists who were involved in its original and subsequent development and from others who were influenced by it or had cause to examine the approach closely. This book was planned to meet this need. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters in this book relate to such areas as achievement motivation, attribution theory, information feedback, organizational psychology, the psychology of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface. 1. Introduction and Overview \u003ci\u003eNorman T. Feather \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Context of Achievement Motivation\u003c\/b\u003e 2. Old and New Conceptions of How Expected Consequences Influence Actions \u003ci\u003eJohn W. Atkinson\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Actions in Relation to Expected Consequences: An Overview of a Research Program \u003ci\u003eNorman T. Feather\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Future Orientation, Self-Evaluation, and Achievement Motivation: Use of an Expectancy x Value Theory of Personality Functioning and Change \u003ci\u003eJoel O. Raynor\u003c\/i\u003e 5. The Expectancy-Value Approach within the Theory of Social Motivation: Elaborations, Extensions, Critique \u003ci\u003eJulius Kuhl\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: The Context of Attribution Theory\u003c\/b\u003e 6. An Attributionally Based Theory of Motivation and Emotion: Focus, Range, and Issues \u003ci\u003eBernard Weiner\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 3: The Context of Information Feedback \u003c\/b\u003e 7. Expectation and What People Learn from Failure \u003ci\u003eRonnie Janoff-Bulman and Philip Brickman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 4: The Context of Social Learning Theory\u003c\/b\u003e 8. Social Learning Theory \u003ci\u003eJulian B. Rotter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 5: The Context of Values and Attitudes\u003c\/b\u003e 9. Human Values and the Prediction of Action: An Expectancy-Valence Analysis \u003ci\u003eNorman T. Feather\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 6: The Context of Organizational Psychology \u003c\/b\u003e 10. Expectancy-Value Models in Organizational Psychology \u003ci\u003eTerence R. Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 7: The Context of Decision Making\u003c\/b\u003e 11. The Experienced Utility of Expected Utility Approaches \u003ci\u003eBaruch Fischhoff, Bernard Goitein, and Zur Shapira \u003c\/i\u003e 12. Conflict Theory of Decision Making and the Expectancy-Value Approach \u003ci\u003eLeon Mann and Irving Janis\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Expectancy-Based Decision Schemes: Sidesteps Toward Applications \u003ci\u003eBarbara H. Beach and Lee Roy Beach \u003c\/i\u003e 14. Expectancy-Value Approaches: Present Status and Future Directions \u003ci\u003eNorman T. Feather\u003c\/i\u003e. Author Index. Subject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018039656791,"sku":"9780367714338","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367714338.jpg?v=1750775439","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/expectations-and-actions-expectancyvalue-models-in-psychology-psychology-revivals-9780367714338","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}