Hybridizing Psychological Theories: Weighing the Ends Against the Means

Alexander, Patricia A.

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“…The second type of silo is “construct silos” (Alexander, 2024; Anderman, 2020; Elliot & Sommet, 2023). These occur when researchers focus primarily or even solely on one construct in their work and do not think about its interface with other constructs or where it fits into broader models of motivation and action.…”

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Breaking down silos in motivation science.

Wigfield,

Elliot

2024

Motivation Science

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The thesis of this special issue is that the siloing of research on human motivation is impeding the field’s overall progress in understanding it. Herein, we describe three important kinds of silos: (a) silos across different subdisciplines of psychology that occur due to different journals and conferences that service each; (b) construct-based silos where researchers focus on just one aspect of motivation; and (c) silos across different theoretical/epistemological traditions. This special issue contains eight articles that discuss different ways that researchers interested in human motivation can break down these and other kinds of silos that exist in the field. We close our piece by offering four macro suggestions for breaking down such silos: (a) Encouraging the leadership of research societies focused on motivation to work together to bridge those organizations more; (b) convincing funding agencies of the importance of such integrative work to develop a better understanding of motivation; (c) creating more special issues or sections of journals focused on a particular topic and how it is studied by different subdisciplines in the field; and (d) developing doctoral programs that are more integrative in their focus.

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Breaking down silos in motivation science.

Wigfield,

Elliot

2024

Motivation Science

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Hybridizing Motivational Strains: How Integrative Models Are Crucial for Advancing Motivation Science

King,

Fryer

2024

Educ Psychol Rev

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This special issue was motivated by the realization that student motivation is inherently complex and no single framework can capture it in its full richness. However, the current zeitgeist in educational psychology seems to explicitly discourage attempts at integration as researchers are incentivized to stay within their own theoretical camps. In this special issue, we asked seven research teams to revisit their theoretical assumptions and cross-fertilize their own theories with other frameworks. We also invited three distinguished luminaries to critique and comment on this undertaking. We highlighted key issues that prevent cross-fertilization of ideas across theoretical borders, surfaced potential dangers associated with naïve integration, and proffered future directions that could nudge motivation science towards a more cumulative and integrative approach.

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Hybridizing Psychological Theories: Weighing the Ends Against the Means

Cited by 2 publications

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Breaking down silos in motivation science.

Breaking down silos in motivation science.

Hybridizing Motivational Strains: How Integrative Models Are Crucial for Advancing Motivation Science

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