Psychology of performance and defeat

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Magnusson Anali L.; Lindberg Davin J.
Published: Nova Science Publishers,
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.