Psychology of performance and defeat
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Published: |
Nova Science Publishers,
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Publisher Address: | Hauppauge, N.Y. |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | x, 176 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781619428270 (hbk.) 161942827X (hbk.) |
Index Number: | B848 |
CLC: | B848.4 |
Call Number: | B848.4/P974-4 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. An anatomy of the self-defeating dynamics of aesthetic and existential self-determination : aesthetic power-play as psychic compensation for social marginalization -- The prospect of defeat and insurgent behavior -- Implications of dual-process theories for optimizing motor learning and performance -- The efects of emotions on creative performance : a review -- Do avoidance goals always impair performance? how neuroticism moderates the short-and long-term effects of avoidance versus approach goals on performance? -- Reinforcement of older volunteers' performance in Hong Kong -- The role of cues and stimulus valency in implicit task sequence learning- a task sequence is not enough. |