1st Edition

Motivated Learning A Developmental Study from Birth to the Senium

By Miriam E. Hebron Copyright 1966
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1966, Dr Hebron provides a comprehensive account in this book of the main theories of motivation and learning as applicable to each phase of the human life cycle at the time. She synthesises current theories by placing each within the context of the developmental phase for which it has the greatest significance; and she provides 350 supporting references. Each stage of... Read more

Foreword.  Introduction.  1. The Physiology of Motivation and Learning  2. Motivation During the Sensori-Motor Stage of the First Two Years  3. The Emergence of Selfhood During the Pre-conceptual and Symbolic Phase of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Years  4. Motivational Patterns During the Intuitive Phase of the Sixth and Seventh Years  5. The Development of Practical Rationality Between the Eighth and Twelfth Years  6. Adolescent Motivation and Learning  7. Motivation and Learning in the Gifted Adolescent  8. Learning and Motivation in Maturity  9. Changes in Later Life.  Bibliography.  Subject Index.  Author Index.

Biography

Miriam E. Hebron (d.1996) was, at the time of original publication, a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the University of Hull and the author of a number of books and articles on education and child psychology.