I. Introduction
1. Competence and Motivation: Competence as the Core of Achievement Motivation, Andrew J. Elliot and Carol S. Dweck
II. Central Constructs
2. Intelligence, Competence, and Expertise,
Robert J. Sternberg
3. An Implicit Motive Perspective on Competence, Oliver C. Schultheiss and Joachim C. Brunstein
4. A Conceptual History of the Achievement Goal Construct, Andrew J. Elliot
5. Motivation from an Attributional Perspective and the Social Psychology of Perceived Competence, Bernard Weiner
6. Competence Perceptions and Academic Functioning, Dale H. Schunk and Frank Pajares
7. Subjective Task Value and the Eccles et al. Model of Achievement-Related Choices, Jacquelynne S. Eccles
8. Self-Theories: Their Impact on Competence Motivation and Acquisition, Carol S. Dweck and Daniel C. Molden
9. Evaluation Anxiety: Current Theory and Research, Moshe Zeidner and Gerald Matthews
III. Developmental Issues
10. Temperament and the Development of Competence and Motivation, Mary K. Rothbart and Julie Hwang
11. The Development of Self-Conscious Emotions, Michael Lewis and Margaret Wolan Sullivan
12. Competence Assessment, Competence, and Motivation between Early and Middle Childhood, Ruth Butler
13. Competence, Motivation, and Identity Development during Adolescence, Allan Wigfield and A. Laurel Wagner
14. Competence and Motivation in Adulthood and Old Age: Making the Most of Changing Capacities and Resources, Jutta Heckhausen
IV. Contextual Influences
15. The Role of Parents in How Children Approach Achievement: A Dynamic Process Perspective, Eva M. Pomerantz, Wendy S. Grolnick, and Carrie E. Price
16. Peer Relationships, Motivation, and Academic Performance at School, Kathryn R. Wentzel
17. Competence Motivation in the Classroom, Tim Urdan and Julianne C. Turner
18. Motivation in Sport: The Relevance of Competence and Achievement Goals, Joan L. Duda
19. Work Competence: A Person-Oriented Perspective, Ruth Kanfer and Phillip L. Ackerman
20. Legislating Competence: High-Stakes Testing Policies and Their Relations with Psychological Theories and Research, Richard M. Ryan and Kirk W. Brown
V. Demographics and Culture
21. Gender, Competence, and Motivation, Janet Shibley Hyde and Amanda M. Durik
22. Race and Ethnicity in the Study of Motivation and Competence, Sandra Graham and Cynthia Hudley
23. Children's Competence and Socioeconomic Status in the Family and Neighborhood, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Miriam R. Linver, and Rebecca C. Fauth
24. Stereotypes and the Fragility of Academic Competence, Motivation, and Self-Concept, Joshua Aronson and Claude M. Steele
25.The Inside Story: A Cultural-Historical Analysis of Being Smart and Motivated, American Style, Victoria C. Plaut and Hazel Rose Markus
26. Cultural Competence: Dynamic Processes, Chi-yue Chiu and Ying-yi Hong
VI. Self-Regulatory Processes
27. The Hidden Dimension of Personal Competence: Self-Regulated Learning and Practice, Barry J. Zimmerman and Anastasia Kitsantas
28. Engagement, Disengagement, Coping, and Catastrophe, Charles S. Carver and Michael F. Scheier
29. Defensive Strategies, Motivation, and the Self: A Self-Regulatory Process View, Frederick Rhodewalt and Kathleen D. Vohs
30. Social Comparison and Self-Evaluations of Competence, Ladd Wheeler and Jerry Suls
31. The Concept of Competence: A Starting Place for Understanding Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determined Extrinsic Motivation, Edward L. Deci and Arlen C. Moller
32. Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Sami Abuhamdeh, and Jeanne Nakamura
33. Motivation, Competence, and Creativity, Mark A. Runco
34. Automaticity in Goal Pursuit, Peter M. Gollwitzer and John A. Bargh
35. Fantasies and the Self-Regulation of Competence, Gabriele Oettingen and Meike Hagenah
