Investigates stability and change in four social motives (achievement, affiliation, fear of weakness, hope of power) over the adult life cycle. Motives were assessed in 1957 and 1976 by coding thematic apperceptive content in stories told about six pictures. Some age differences and cohort stability were evident for both sexes. (Author/CB)

Outlines a theory of the development of social motives for power; speculates that power concerns are elicited by normal developmental pressures. (NH)

The major goal of this research study was the identification and validation of measures of components of personal achievement orientations that can be used in the job training program context. The guiding conceptions for the research were based on Atkinson's theory of achievement motivation, Gurin's investigations of expectancies, and measurement…

Volume I is the narrative and statistical account of a study identifying and measuring individual characteristics which may influence a job trainees' capacity to obtain and maintain successful employment. (CE000159). This is Volume II which contains appendix materials: Appendix A-Interview, B-Job History, C-Behavior Instructions and Score Sheet,…

This speech addressed itself to the variety of achievement motivations that can be critically different for men and women. The author, impressed by the different ways people cognitively define and experience a successful accomplishment, developed a taxonomy of psychological cues which people might use in defining their success. Six varieties of…

This paper, presented at the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C., April 1975, reports taxonomy of six achievement motivation types, with categories based on an interaction between two factors. The hypothesis is proposed that females have been taught to emphasize achievement strivings and males the impact of achievement…

Summarizes different types of social motivation that have interested social psychologists within a developmental paradigm. Currently, cognition is a central aspect of motivational psychology. Individuals' motive patterns are seen to change over the life cycle. (Author/AV)

Appendix 1 includes the interviewers' manual, the respondent's booklet, and the actual test materials used in the study, Measuring Intelligence and Achievement Motivation in Surveys. Appendix 2 presents definitions and discussions of intelligence and motivation measures used in this study. A short bibliography of references is also included. (MV)

Appendix 3 to the report, Measuring Intelligence and Achievement Motivation in Surveys, describes a series of factor analyses of the achievement orientation measures, and a further analysis of strategies used in trying to interpret them. Also a tentative model for the components of achievement orientation is presented. Appendix 4 describes a…

A series of studies and analyses to develop brief, reliable measures of intelligence and achievement motivation that would be feasible for use in a cross-sectional sample is summarized. One measure of intelligence meets these criteria. It is a 13-item test of sentence completion skill, which correlates effectively with other measures of…