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general tendency for vocational school students is inclined to attribute to goal, effort and ability.
Correspondingly, the way of attribution exercise is adopted based on the study.
2028.52 Examination and implication of self-organization goal hypothesis of human motivation,
Kai Zhang, Xia Wang, Huichen Zhang, Xiaoyu Liu, Renmin University of China, China
Based on the self-organization theory, this paper puts forward a self-organization goal theory of
human motivation. It suggests that human psychology is a kind of self-organization system, and
there are some kinds of motivating variables within it, which are named psychological goals and
connect with future states. Under a certain circumstance, when a psychological goal is activated
and becomes a predominant goal, it will become an organizer of individual psychology and a
dominant motivation as well. Two experiments are done to examine the theoretical hypotheses
from this new theory, and its theoretical implications for organizational psychology are discussed.
2028.53 Motivational intelligence: A theoretical model and empirical evidence, Catalin Mamali,
Loras College and NICC, Iowa, USA
Motivational intelligence refers to the capacity to accurately perceive one's own and others'
motives and of balancing the extrinsic and intrinsic motives in order to increase the chances of
personal growth and codevelopment. It includes the ability to detect, select, rank, and generate
rewards that enhance motivational development (Mamali, 1981, 1998). Motivational intelligence
is discussed in relation to "mental modules" (Fodor, 1983), "multiple intelligences" (Gardner,
1983, 1993), 'emotional intelligence' (Goleman, 1995; Salovey, 1989; Salovey & Mayer, 1990),
and "emotional competence" (Saarni, 1990, 1997). The results of a study on 51 dyads, using
Nuttin's method of motivational induction are discussed.
2028.54 Study on the life-span theory of control in successful aging: Control strategy,
self-esteem and life-satisfaction, Miao Cui, China
According to Life-span Theory of Control in Successful Aging, two samples from Shanghai and
Ningxia were investigated on their control strategy, self-esteem and life-satisfaction. SEM and
ANOVA studies on the individual control strategy, life satisfaction and self-esteem reveals: (1)
The hypothesized model on the control strategy, self-esteem and life satisfaction are fit in the data,
indicating that the model possesses cross-cultural consistency. (2) In the two samples, the selective
secondary control was employed more frequently by the male than the female, the other control
strategies, self-esteem and life satisfaction have no significant difference between the two areas
and between genders.
2028.55 Interactions of temporal and chronic environmental features in automatic goal pursuit,
Masanori Oikawa, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Automotive model posits that motives guide subsequent behavior even when it was induced out
side of actor’s awareness. These lines of studies have emphasized the effects of automatic motives
driven by single environmental features, but the interactions of these environmentally driven
effects are yet to be uncovered. Present study inquires in to the interactions of temporal and
chronic type of environmental features that drive nonconscious achievement motivation.
Participants were primed with achievement motivation 10 days before or 1day before their end of
year examination. Possible mechanism underlying the interactions of temporal and chronic
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