Personality Development in Individuals with Mental Retardation / Edition 1

by Edward Zigler, Dianne Bennett-Gates, Donald Cohen

Overview

By consolidating forty years of Zigler's research with the work of other major researchers in the field of personality, this book provides a single resource for students, researchers, and professionals working in the field of mental retardation. The basic focus is that although cognitive impairment is a defining feature, personality, emotions, and motivation play a significant role in the behavior of individuals with mental retardation. The comprehensive overview of the theory, research, and practical considerations provided in this book has relevance in identifying, educating, and integrating mentally retarded individuals into society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521639637
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/13/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Part I: 1. The individual with mental retardation as a whole person Edward Zigler; 2. Intrinsic motivation and motivational self-system processes in persons with mental retardation: a theory of motivational orientation Harvey N. Switzky; 3. Cognitive performance and learned helplessness in mentally retarded persons John R. Weisz; 4. Developmental and experiential variables in the self-images of people with mild mental retardation Marion Glick; Part II: 5. Motivation for social reinforcement: positive and negative reaction tendency Dianne Bennett-Gates and Edward Zigler; 6. Expectancy of success in individuals with mental retardation Dianne Bennett-Gates and Shulamith Kreitler; 7. The effectance motivation and the performance of individuals with mental retardation Dianne Bennett-Gates; 8. Outerdirectedness Jane Bybee and Edward Zigler; 9. Assessing personality traits of individuals with mental retardation Edward Zigler, Dianne Bennett-Gates and Robert M. Hodapp; Part III: 10. Parenting, etiology, and personality-motivational functioning in children with mental retardation Robert M. Hodapp and Deborah J. Fidler; 11. Personality-motivation: new ties to Psychopathology, etiology, and intervention Elisabeth M. Dykens.

Editorial Reviews

"Professionals caring for individuals with mental retardation will find this book a valuable resource, with its overview of research in the field and thought-provoking considerations for practice." Readings

"In addition to delighting readers, this jewel of a volume will invite a new generation of researchers to an often overlooked area. As Cohen predicts in the book's foreward, there are "decades of thrilling work ahead."" American Journal on Mental Retardation

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