Acknowledgements
Introduction: Ten Myths About Motivation and the Science That Busts Them
Chapter 1. You Are Motivated, and So Is Everyone Else
Chapter 2. There Are More Effective Motivators than Rewards
Chapter 3. Competition Can Actually Be Demotivating
Chapter 4. Motivation Alone is Not Enough For Success
Chapter 5. Visualizing Success Won't Get You There
Chapter 6. Don't Wait for Motivation to Strike
Chapter 7. We Need Help Accurately Assessing Our Abilities
Chapter 8. Structure Can Increase Motivation
Chapter 9. Telling People They Are Smart Can Backfire
Chapter 10. It's Not Just You-Structural Inequities Decrease Motivation
Conclusion. Your Turn: Putting the Science of Motivation to Use
Bonus Chapter A: The Complexity of Motivation and Why We Struggle With It
Bonus Chapter B: Where Motivation Myths Come From, Why They Stick Around, and How to Bust Them
References
About the Authors
Index

Adult Trade. This book will appeal to individuals who are in a position to try to motivate others, including parents, teachers, coaches, physicians, and managers, as well as anyone who wants to increase their own motivation.

Wendy S. Grolnick, PhD, is professor of psychology at Clark University, an expert on motivation, and one of the country's leading parenting researchers. She has conducted pioneering studies on the role parents and teachers play in children's motivation and achievement. She has published more than 90 articles in scholarly journals and authored The Psychology of Parental Control: How Well-Meant Parenting Backfires and Pressured Parents, Stressed-Out Kids: Dealing with Competition While Raising a Successful Child, and coedited Retrospect and Prospect in the Psychological Study of Families. Dr. Grolnick's work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation. Dr. Grolnick is a member of the American Psychological Association's Committee on Children, Youth and Families and the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education.

Benjamin C. Heddy, PhD, is associate professor of educational psychology in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at the University of Oklahoma, where he is the director of the Motivation, Out-of-school, Value, and Engagement (MOVE) research lab. His research focuses on cognitive and motivational aspects of learning including engagement, academic emotions, interest development, and learning activities that occur in everyday experience. He also studies the mechanisms of conceptual, emotional, and attitudinal change. His research has been published in Educational Psychologist, the Journal of Engineering Education, Science Education, and Psychology Today. Dr. Heddy currently serves as the president of the Scholarly Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education (SCIPIE).

Frank C. Worrell, PhD, is a distinguished professor in the Berkeley School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he serves as faculty director of the School Psychology Program and the Academic Talent Development Program. He also holds an affiliate appointment in the Social and Personality Area in the Department of Psychology. His research interests include adolescence, ethnic and racial identity, talent development, and time perspective. Co-editor of Achieving College Dreams, Talent Development as a Framework for Gifted Education, the Psychology of High Performance, and The Cambridge Handbook of Applied School Psychology, he is author of over 170 journal articles and 80 book chapters. Dr. Worrell was the 2022 president of the American Psychological Association.