Motivation and personality : handbook of thematic content analysis / edited by Charles P. Smith ; in association with John W. Atkinson, David C. McClelland, Joseph Veroff.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 649-687) and indexes.

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Introduction : inferences from verbal material / Charles P. Smith -- pt. I. General issues. Motivational determinants of thematic apperception / John W. Atkinson -- How do self-attributed and implicit motives differ? / David C. McClelland, Richard Koestner, and Joel Weinberger -- Thematic analysis, experience sampling, and personal goals / Robert A. Emmons and Laura A. King -- Motivational configurations / David C. McClelland -- Thematic apperceptive methods in survey research / Joseph Veroff -- Content analysis of archival materials, personal documents, and everyday verbal productions / David G. Winter -- Reliability issues / Charles P. Smith -- pt. II. Content analysis systems. Achievement. The achievement motive / David C. McClelland and Richard Koestner -- A scoring manual for the achievement motive / David C. McClelland, John W. Atkinson, Russell A. Clark, and Edgar L. Lowell -- The motive to avoid success / Jacqueline Fleming and Matina S. Homer -- A revised scoring manual for the motive to avoid success / Matina S. Homer and Jacqueline Fleming -- Affiliation. The affiliation motive / Richard Koestner and David C. McClelland -- A scoring manual for the affiliation motive / Roger W. Heyns, Joseph Veroff, and John W. Atkinson -- The intimacy motive / Dan P. McAdams -- The intimacy motivation scoring system / Dan P. McAdams -- Affiliative trust-mistrust / James R. McKay -- A scoring system for affiliative trust-mistrust / James R. McKay -- Power. Power motivation / Joseph Veroff -- A scoring manual for the power motive / Joseph Veroff -- Power motivation revisited / David G. Winter -- A revised scoring system for the power motive / David G. Winter -- Attribution and cognitive orientations. Personal causation and the origin concept / Richard deCharms -- The origin scoring system / Richard deCharms and Franziska Plimpton -- Explanatory style / Christopher Peterson -- The explanatory style scoring manual / Christopher Peterson, Peter Schulman, Camilo Castellon, and Martin E.P. Seligman -- Conceptual/integrative complexity / Peter Suedfeld, Philip E. Tetlock, and Siegfried Streufert -- The conceptual/integrative complexity scoring manual / Gloria Baker-Brown, Elizabeth J. Ballard, Susan Bluck, Brian de Vries, Peter Suedfeld, and Philip E. Tetlock -- Uncertainty orientation / Richard M. Sorrentino, Christopher J.R. Roney: and Steven E. Hanna -- A manual for scoring need for uncertainty / Richard M. Sorrentino, Steven E. Hanna, and Christopher J.R. Roney -- Psychosocial orientations. Assessing adaptation to life changes in terms of psychological stances toward the environment / Abigail J. Stewart and Joseph M. Healy, Jr. -- Scoring manual for psychological stances toward the environment / Abigail J. Stewart -- Self-definition and social definition: personal styles reflected in narrative style / Abigail J. Stewart -- Revised scoring manual for self-definition and social definition / Abigail J. Stewart -- Responsibility / David G. Winter -- Scoring system for responsibility / David G. Winter -- pt. III. Methodology, scorer training, data collection. Methodological considerations: steps in research employing content analysis systems / Charles P. Smith, Sheila C. Feld, and Carol E. Franz -- Appendix I. Practice materials for learning the scoring systems / Charles P. Smith and Carol E. Franz -- Appendix II. Pictures used to elicit thematic apperceptive stories.

Motivation and Personality is the first book to be devoted to content analysis systems for assessment of characteristics of the individuals, groups, or historical periods which create verbal materials. Manuals for using the various systems, research regarding the background of the systems and practice materials are included to create a book which is both a work of reference and a handbook.

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