Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Trends and Prospects in Motivation Research
Anastasia Efklides · 2001
48/100
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A peer-reviewed Springer survey of motivation and self-regulation science that was a useful benchmark at the millennium's turn, but 25 years of subsequent research have moved the field substantially past what is covered here. Outside a historian-of-psychology context, there is little reason to choose this over current literature.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety86
Substance / usefulness61
Craft & writing68
Originality52
Evidence & accuracy45
Hype vs delivers30
Age-fit48
👁 Human-eye gut-check48
Penny’s verdict48
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