Advances in Motivation Science

Andrew J. Elliot is Professor of Psychology at the University of Rochester. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994. His research areas include achievement motivation, approach-avoidance motivation, the development of motivation and self-regulation, and subtle cue and context effects on psychological functioning. He has been (or currently is) an Associate Editor at Emotion, Journal of Personality, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Science, and Social and Personality Psychology Compass, and has edited two handbooks: Handbook of competence and motivation (with Carol Dweck) and Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation. He has over 170 scholarly publications, has received research grants from public and private agencies, and has been awarded multiple awards for his research contributions.

• 1. An Ecology of Meaning An Integrative Framework for Understanding Human MotivationsSteven Heine2. Beer AMS Quest for Self Knowledge submitted_finalJennifer S. Beer3. Boundary conditions of the rational model Finding the limits of rationalityPiers Steel4. Growth goals a review of the construct Predictors, Consequences, and InterventionAndrew J. Martin5. Pragmatic Prospection Theory, Research, and PracticeRoy F. Baumeister6. The Quest for Self-Knowledge What Do We Want to Know (and not Know) About OurselvesChino Ekwueme and Jamaal Matthews