Preface |
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Action Theory: An Introduction |
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Michael Frese and John Sabini Introduction |
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Basic Concepts of Action Theory |
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What Kind of Theory Is Action Theory? |
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Methodological Implications |
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I HISTORICAL TRADITIONS AND PHYLOGENESIS OF ACTION |
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1 "Purposive Behavior" in Psychology and Philosophy: A History |
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3 | (17) |
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3 | (2) |
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Explaining Purpose and Explaining It Away |
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5 | (7) |
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How Goals Influence Behavior |
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12 | (3) |
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Psychology Finds a Respectable Teleology |
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2 Stages in the Development of Tool Behavior in the Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) |
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20 | (15) |
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20 | (1) |
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Levels of Language and Abstraction Within the Term Tool Behavior |
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21 | (2) |
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Instinctive Tool Use2 in Chimpanzees: The Construction of Sleeping Nests |
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23 | (2) |
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Learned Tool Use3 Under Natural-Habitat Conditions |
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25 | (2) |
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The Action Aspect in Chimpanzee Tool Use |
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27 | (3) |
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The Societal Level of Functioning: Tool Use5 as Activity (Taetigkeit) |
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30 | (5) |
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3 An Action-Theory Perspective of the Tool-Using Capacities of Chimpanzees and Human Infants |
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35 | (13) |
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35 | (1) |
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A Discussion of Schurig's Model |
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36 | (4) |
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The Piagetian Perspective |
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40 | (2) |
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Chimpanzee Language Studies and Tool Use |
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42 | (6) |
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II FUNDAMENTALS OF ACTION THEORY |
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4 Motivation, Intention, and Emotion: Goal Directed Behavior from a Cognitive-Neuroethological Perspective |
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48 | (19) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (3) |
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Motivation and the Principle of Selective Potentiation and Depotentiation |
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52 | (3) |
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Representations and Intentionality |
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55 | (6) |
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Representations and Emotion |
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What Function Do Act-Outcome and Motivational Representations Serve and What Is the Behavioral Evidence of Their Existence? |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (3) |
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5 Anticipation as a Basic Principle in Goal Directed Action |
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67 | (13) |
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Introduction: Representation and Anticipation |
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67 | (2) |
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A Model for Representation: The Functional System |
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69 | (4) |
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73 | (4) |
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77 | (3) |
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80 | (17) |
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80 | (1) |
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Gibson's Ecological Approach to Perception |
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81 | (4) |
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Control of Balance and Locomotion--The Basis for Action |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (5) |
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92 | (3) |
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95 | (2) |
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7 The Role of Invariant Structures in the Control of Movement |
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97 | (13) |
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97 | (1) |
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97 | (2) |
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Invariants of Stimulus Information |
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99 | (2) |
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Invariants of Motor Organization |
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101 | (2) |
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Schemata, Images, and Mental Practice |
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103 | (1) |
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Anticipations and the Perceptual Cycle |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (4) |
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110 | (13) |
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110 | (1) |
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Characteristics and Demands of Complex Problems |
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111 | (1) |
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Complex Problem-Solving Processes |
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112 | (5) |
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Modifications in Thinking and Action |
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117 | (2) |
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Relations Between Thinking and Action |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (2) |
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9 Action: Decision Implementation Strategies and Tactics |
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123 | (11) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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Implementation Strategies and Tactics |
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124 | (1) |
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Monitoring Progress Toward the Goal |
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125 | (1) |
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Failure to Progress Toward the Goal |
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126 | (1) |
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Attractive Goals, Aversive Tactics--A Special, but Instructive, Case |
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127 | (1) |
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Teaching Implementation Skills |
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128 | (2) |
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Implementation and the Reither and Staudel Results |
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130 | (4) |
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10 From Wishes to Action: The Dead Ends and Short Cuts on the Long Way to Action |
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134 | (27) |
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134 | (1) |
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An Extended Taxonomy of Motivational Variables |
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135 | (2) |
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Different Goal Levels and Their Interrelations |
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137 | (3) |
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From Wishes to Intentions: A Process Oriented Analysis |
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140 | (3) |
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Developmental Path of Wishes at the Different Goal Levels |
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143 | (2) |
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Empirical Support for the Wish-Related Section of the Model |
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145 | (5) |
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Pre- and Postcommitment Processes: Motivation versus Volition |
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150 | (2) |
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From Intentions to Action: Self-Regulatory Processes |
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152 | (2) |
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Defective and Degenerated Intentions |
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154 | (1) |
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Impairing Effects of Defective and Degenerated Intentions |
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155 | (3) |
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158 | (3) |
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11 The Dynamics of Intention |
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161 | (11) |
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161 | (1) |
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The Dynamics of Action Model |
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162 | (3) |
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Thought and Action in the Dynamic Model |
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165 | (2) |
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Dynamic Aspects of Intention |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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12 Goal Directed Behavior as a Source of Stress: Psychological Origins and Consequences of Inefficiency |
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172 | (17) |
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172 | (4) |
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176 | (10) |
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Deliberate Disengagement: An Option in the Face of Inefficiency |
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186 | (1) |
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Summary and Concluding Remarks |
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187 | (2) |
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13 Toward an Understanding of Efficiency and Inefficiency in Human Affairs: Discussion of Schonpflug's Theory |
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189 | (11) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (3) |
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The Dual Perspectives on Human Functioning |
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197 | (3) |
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14 Action in Development--Development in Action |
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200 | (15) |
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200 | (1) |
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Fundamentals of Action and Development |
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201 | (3) |
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Action in Personality and Cognitive Development |
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204 | (8) |
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212 | (3) |
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15 Action-Theory Perspective in Research on Social Cognition |
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215 | (15) |
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215 | (1) |
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Research on Social Cognition in an Action-Theory Format |
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216 | (9) |
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Action for Development: A Summary of Potential Contributions |
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225 | (5) |
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16 The Role of Power in Social-Exchange Relationships |
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230 | (19) |
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230 | (1) |
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Social Action as a Process of Treatment Production |
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231 | (1) |
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Social Exchange and Rational Choice |
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232 | (1) |
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Positional Power and the Organization of "Social Production" |
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233 | (3) |
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Illustrations: Roles in a University Department |
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236 | (4) |
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Positional Power versus Rational Choice |
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240 | (3) |
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Domains of Application for Positional Power and Social Exchange |
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243 | (2) |
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245 | (2) |
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247 | (2) |
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17 Some Contributions of Action Theory to Social Psychology: Social Action and Social Actors in the Context of Institutions and an Objective World |
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249 | (13) |
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249 | (1) |
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Positional Power and Expectancy Value Theory |
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249 | (4) |
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Action Theory and Person Perception: Action versus Perception |
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253 | (9) |
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III APPLICATIONS OF ACTION THEORY |
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18 Activity: A Fruitful Concept in Industrial Psychology |
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Introduction: The Roots of the Concept |
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262 | (1) |
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The Design of "Activities" and the Mental Processes: Regulating Them as the Subject Matters of Industrial Psychology |
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263 | (4) |
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Work as a Special Class of Goal Oriented Activities |
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267 | (5) |
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The Concept of Complete versus Partialized Structure of Activity--A Useful Guide |
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272 | (4) |
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Mental Representations of Goals and Plans in the Regulation of Activities |
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276 | (9) |
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19 Multiple Goals and Flexible Procedures in the Design of Work |
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285 | (11) |
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The Importance of Activity |
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285 | (2) |
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Problems of Empirical Findings |
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287 | (3) |
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Some Conceptual Suggestions |
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290 | (2) |
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Some Directions for the Future |
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292 | (4) |
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20 Action Theory in Clinical Psychology |
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296 | (15) |
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296 | (4) |
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Abnormal Behavior as Ineffective Actions |
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300 | (5) |
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Therapeutic Implications of Action Theory |
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305 | (4) |
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309 | (2) |
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21 Missing Links in Action Theory |
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311 | (11) |
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311 | (1) |
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An Action Theory Still Lost in Thought |
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311 | (4) |
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Applications to Psychopathology |
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315 | (2) |
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Applications to Treatment |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (4) |
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22 Rational Plans, Achievement, and Education |
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322 | (23) |
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322 | (1) |
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Descriptive, Normative, and Prescriptive Models |
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323 | (1) |
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Rawls' Theory as a Normative Theory of Action |
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324 | (4) |
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The Rationality of Achievement Related Action Styles |
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328 | (8) |
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Training in Action Styles |
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336 | (3) |
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Multiattribute Utility Theory (MAUT) |
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339 | (3) |
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342 | (3) |
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23 On Problems of Rationality in Education |
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345 | (12) |
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The Problem of Norms in Education and Educational Psychology |
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345 | (1) |
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On Deduction of Educational Objectives from Normative Models |
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346 | (4) |
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How Can We Achieve More Rationality? |
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350 | (1) |
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Are Normative Theories Appropriate for Deriving Educational Objectives? |
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351 | (6) |
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357 | (1) |
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Looking Through Facets to a Whole |
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357 | (1) |
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System Models and Process Models |
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358 | (2) |
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Schemata--The Invariants with Limited Variability |
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360 | (2) |
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Sequentiality in Process Models: No Algorithm, but Internal Logic |
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362 | (2) |
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364 | (3) |
References |
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367 | (30) |
Author Index |
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397 | (10) |
Subject Index |
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