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Swim, Janet K.; Clayton, Susan; Howard, George S. – American Psychologist, 2011
We are facing rapid changes in the global climate, and these changes are attributable to human behavior. Humans produce this global impact through our use of natural resources, multiplied by the vast increase in population seen in the past 50 to 100 years. Our goal in this article is to examine the underlying psychosocial causes of human impact,…
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Context Effect, Behavior
Koh, Caroline; Galloway, David – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2006
High levels of academic achievement in Asian educational systems have generated interest in the study of motivational patterns of students in these contexts. The objectives of this paper are firstly, to provide a review of existing literature on the study of motivational styles amongst students and secondly, to identify the occurrence of different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Attribution Theory, Mastery Tests