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Life Goals and Achievement Motivation in Confucian Society

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The history of research on achievement motivation conducted by ­psychologists in Taiwan was reviewed to show the transformation from the implantation of Western instruments of measurement at an early stage, the development of indigenous instruments at a later stage, to the bottom-up model building approach advocated by some indigenous psychologists at recent. The weakness of empirical research with naïve positivism was criticized in light of postpositivism; moreover, a theoretical model for studying life goals and achievement motivations in Confucian society was proposed in contrast with the implicit theory of intelligence (Dweck and Leggett, Psychological Review, 95(2), 256–273; 1988). A series of empirical research have been conducted to demonstrate several main propositions derived from the current theoretical model addressing vertical distinctiveness and personal goal; intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation; three types of life goals and their significances in Confucian society; social pressure and personal effort in academic vs. talented performance; and the moral significance of efforts in Chinese society.

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Hwang, KK. (2012). Life Goals and Achievement Motivation in Confucian Society. In: Foundations of Chinese Psychology. International and Cultural Psychology, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1439-1_9

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