Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. The Origins of the Concept of the Level of Aspirations (pp. 1-18)
Chapter 2. Transition to the Paradigm of Achievement Motivation (pp. 19-28)
Chapter 3. Beyond the Paradigm of Achievement Motivation: Causal Attribution, Self-Efficacy and Goal-Setting Theories (pp. 29-42)
Chapter 4. Aspirations and Risk Taking Behavior (pp. 43-60)
Chapter 5. Integrating the Level of Aspirations and Decision under Risk Theories (pp. 61-70)
Chapter 6. The Description of the Standardized Assessment of the Level of Aspirations (SALA) (pp. 71-74)
Chapter 7. Testing Procedure Instructions (pp. 75-100)
Chapter 8. Administration and Scoring of the SALA (pp. 101-104)
Chapter 9. The SALA Indicators (pp. 105-108)
Chapter 10. Findings and their Interpretation (pp. 109-118)
Chapter 11. Reliability and Validity of the SALA (pp. 119-122)
Chapter 12. Case Vignettes (pp. 123-136)
Summary (pp. 137-144)
References (pp. 145-156)
About the Author (pp. 157-158)
Index (pp. 159)
Audience: Practicing psychologists; college and university faculty; researchers in the area of cognition, motivation and behavior; vocational psychology; sports psychology; as well as graduate and undergraduate psychology students.
Keywords: Level of aspirations, decision making under uncertainty or risk, causal attribution, self-efficacy