John W Atkinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1426840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John W Atkinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | John W |
| FAMILY NAME | Atkinson |
| SIGNATURE | ATKINSON J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 191 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Motivation and Personality
Studying personality in the context of an advanced motivational psychology
Studying personality in the context of an advanced motivational psychology
Some Neglected Variables in Contemporary Conceptions of Decision and Performance
Contemporary conceptions of the determinants of a tendency to perform a particular response are reviewed and found to be stimulus bound. They tend to attribute instigation to act in a certain way to the occurrence of a stimulus (external or internal) which serves to excite an otherwise latent associative mechanism like Habit or Expectancy in an organism implicitly assumed to be at rest. It is proposed that activity already in progress (initial ac…
Achievement motive and test anxiety conceived as motive to approach success and motive to avoid failure
“... the following hypotheses are investigated: persons in whom the motive to achieve success is stronger than the motive to avoid failure (a) should prefer tasks of intermediate difficulty, (b) should show greater persistence in working at an achievement related task, and (c) should show more efficie
The achievement motive, goal setting, and probability preferences
Motivational determinants of risk-taking behavior.
Individual Differences in Motivation and Behavior in Particular Situations
The affiliation motive and perceptual sensitivity to faces
Performance as a function of motive strength and expectancy of goal-attainment
The objectives of this research are to identify and qualitatively assess the seaport processes that can be carried out at an inland port to improve economic value add and contribute to supply chain performance. The general frameworks of seaport processes and inland port processes were developed based on the analysis of literature on container seaports, intermodal transportation, and intermodal terminals in inland ports. Face-to-face semi-structur…
The effect of experimental arousal of the affiliation motive on thematic apperception
The achievement motive.
The achievement motive in high school and college age women
The achievement motive.
Achievement motive and test anxiety conceived as motive to approach success and motive to avoid failure
“... the following hypotheses are investigated: persons in whom the motive to achieve success is stronger than the motive to avoid failure (a) should prefer tasks of intermediate difficulty, (b) should show greater persistence in working at an achievement related task, and (c) should show more efficie
Performance as a function of motive strength and expectancy of goal-attainment
The objectives of this research are to identify and qualitatively assess the seaport processes that can be carried out at an inland port to improve economic value add and contribute to supply chain performance. The general frameworks of seaport processes and inland port processes were developed based on the analysis of literature on container seaports, intermodal transportation, and intermodal terminals in inland ports. Face-to-face semi-structur…
Motivation and Personality
The achievement motive, goal setting, and probability preferences
The effect of experimental arousal of the affiliation motive on thematic apperception
The achievement motive in high school and college age women
The affiliation motive and perceptual sensitivity to faces
The achievement motive.
The achievement motive in high school and college age women
The effect of experimental arousal of the affiliation motive on thematic apperception
Individual Differences in Motivation and Behavior in Particular Situations
The affiliation motive and perceptual sensitivity to faces
Performance as a function of motive strength and expectancy of goal-attainment
The objectives of this research are to identify and qualitatively assess the seaport processes that can be carried out at an inland port to improve economic value add and contribute to supply chain performance. The general frameworks of seaport processes and inland port processes were developed based on the analysis of literature on container seaports, intermodal transportation, and intermodal terminals in inland ports. Face-to-face semi-structur…
Motivational determinants of risk-taking behavior.
Achievement motive and test anxiety conceived as motive to approach success and motive to avoid failure
“... the following hypotheses are investigated: persons in whom the motive to achieve success is stronger than the motive to avoid failure (a) should prefer tasks of intermediate difficulty, (b) should show greater persistence in working at an achievement related task, and (c) should show more efficie
The achievement motive, goal setting, and probability preferences
Some Neglected Variables in Contemporary Conceptions of Decision and Performance
Contemporary conceptions of the determinants of a tendency to perform a particular response are reviewed and found to be stimulus bound. They tend to attribute instigation to act in a certain way to the occurrence of a stimulus (external or internal) which serves to excite an otherwise latent associative mechanism like Habit or Expectancy in an organism implicitly assumed to be at rest. It is proposed that activity already in progress (initial ac…
Studying personality in the context of an advanced motivational psychology
Studying personality in the context of an advanced motivational psychology
Motivation and Personality
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Psychological Testing and Assessment (4 works) · Applied Psychology (3 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (3 works) · Personality (3 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)