1. Introduction 2. The emergence of learning activity as a historical form of human learning 3. The zone of proximal development as the basic category of expansive research 4. The instruments of expansion 5. Toward an expansive methodology 6. Epilogue.

Learning by expanding: An activity-theoretical approach to developmental research

University of TorontoThe authors summarize 35 years of empirical research ongoal-setting theory. They describe the core ﬁndings of thetheory, the mechanisms by which goals operate, modera-tors of goal effects, the relation of goals and satisfaction,and the role of goals as mediators of incentives. Theexternal validity and practical signiﬁcance of goal-settingtheory are explained, and new directions in goal-settingresearch are discussed. The relationships of goal setting toother theories are described as are the theory’s limitations.

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Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting and Task Motivation

Part I. Experimental Studies: 2. Experiment in psychology 3. Experiments on perceiving III Experiments on imaging 4-8. Experiments on remembering: (a) The method of description (b) The method of repeated reproduction (c) The method of picture writing (d) The method of serial reproduction (e) The method of serial reproduction picture material 9. Perceiving, recognizing, remembering 10. A theory of remembering 11. Images and their functions 12. Meaning Part II. Remembering as a Study in Social Psychology: 13. Social psychology 14. Social psychology and the matter of recall 15. Social psychology and the manner of recall 16. Conventionalism 17. The notion of a collective unconscious 18. The basis of social recall 19. A summary and some conclusions.

Remembering. A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology, Cambridge (University Press) 1964.

The authors summarize 35 years of empirical research on goal-setting theory. They describe the core findings of the theory, the mechanisms by which goals operate, moderators of goal effects, the relation of goals and satisfaction, and the role of goals as mediators of incentives. The external validity and practical significance of goal-setting theory are explained, and new directions in goal-setting research are discussed. The relationships of goal setting to other theories are described as are the theory's limitations.

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Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation. A 35-year odyssey.

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Risk management in a dynamic society: a modelling problem

Introduction à la psychologie du travail

Le present article s’attache a montrer le benefice que peut tirer l’analyse de l’activite d’une meilleure connaissance de la notion de regulation souvent mal definie A cette fin, il essaiera surtout de suggerer quelques pistes de travail et des moyens de les poursuivre Il commencera par degager quelques traits essentiels de cette notion et en proposera un modele Cette notion sera aussi articulee a celle de regle La deuxieme partie montre comment le modele de regulation propose permet d’eclairer l’analyse de l’activite, en meme temps que celle-ci amene a enrichir ce modele Elle fera apparaitre, notamment, la multiplicite des boucles de regulation susceptibles d’etre exploitees dans l’execution d’une tâche et le role important que peut jouer la metaregulation dans l’organisation de l’activite La troisieme partie, plus concrete, examinera quelques types d’usage de la regulation dans des etudes d’orientation ergonomique Elle en donnera un petit historique, puis abordera des themes autour desquels se sont organisees de telles etudes, en particulier, la place des cadres temporels, les activites collectives et la formation La conclusion reviendra sur l’interet d’un bon usage de la notion de regulation et indiquera quelques limites a son utilisation

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La notion de régulation dans l’analyse de l’activité

La psychologie ergonomique

The author defines the characteristics of the psychological analysis of work as it is practiced in France, pointing out those characteristics which distinguish it from the taxonomic types of analysis more common in the Anglo-Saxon countries. He recalls some of the general traits, presents the analysis of work in the perspective of cognitive psychology, and emphasizes the difficulties compared to other, more classical, analyses. Some particular methods of the psychological analysis of work are presented by analysing the significance of accidents and errors. He emphasizes the many theoretical and methodological problems as well as the role of the analysis of work as a necessary condition previous to any intervention. © 2003 Publie par Elsevier SAS. Mots cles : Analyse psychologique du travail ; Psychologie cognitive ; Travail mental ; Analyse des accidents et des erreurs

L'analyse psychologique du travail

The notion of error, when applied to an activity or the result of an activity, implies the notion of task: it expresses the deviation between the activity and the task being considered from an angle which is judged to be relevant. The task and the activity are the object of representations for the analyst (or specialist) and for the driver. Four representations are dealt with in this paper: the task and the activity for the specialist and the task and the activity for the driver. An interpretation is proposed for these tasks, and they are illustrated using some of the work already carried out in this field. The signification of deviations between these representations is then discussed, together with the advantage of studying these deviations in order to clarify error-producing mechanisms. Analysis in terms of task and activity raises methodological and practical problems which are touched upon; it does not exclude referring to psychological theoretical frameworks to which it is worthwhile linking it. Thi...

Jacques Leplat

Papers

Introduction à la psychologie du travail

La notion de régulation dans l’analyse de l’activité

La psychologie ergonomique

L'analyse psychologique du travail

Relations between task and activity: Elements for elaborating a framework for error analysis.