Human beings have fundamental psychological propensities toward growth, integrity, and
wellness. Yet, historically, many approaches to motivation have ignored these inner …

Self-determination theory maintains and has provided empirical support for the proposition
that all human beings have fundamental psychological needs to be competent, autonomous …

What makes for a life well lived? Although the capacity for well-being is widely
acknowledged in current psychological theory, there is less agreement on what constitutes …

Self-determination theory (SDT; Ryan and Deci 2017) has become a highly influential theory
of human motivation and well-being with a vast body of research evidence. It offers a …

Piaget's manycontributions to developmentalpsychologywere extraordinary, and two of
these stand out to us as being particularly important. First, the overall structure of his broad …

Self-determination theory (SDT) maintains that an understanding of human motivation
requires a consideration of innate psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and …

Self-determination is a general psychological construct within the organizing structure of
theories of human agency that refers to self-(vs. other-) caused action—to people acting …

Self-determination theory (SDT) is an empirically derived theory of human motivation and
personality in social contexts that differentiates motivation in terms of being autonomous and …

Human beings can be proactive and engaged or, alternatively, passive and alienated,
largely as a function of the social conditions in which they develop and function. Accordingly …

In this chapter the authors discuss modern conceptions of happiness, including hedonic and
eudaimonic perspectives. They distinguish happiness as a symptom rather than sine qua …