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ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA
Volume 232, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103816
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Self-motivated learning; Self-directed learning; Personality traits; Self-efficacy; Informal learning; Executive functions
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Self-motivated and directed learning plays a crucial role in expanding knowledge for learners of all ages. This review focuses on the role of personal motivators and cognitive processes, such as executive functions, in self-motivated and directed lifelong learning. The integration of personal motivators and cognitive processes can provide a better understanding of the mechanisms and processes involved in self-motivated and directed learning across the lifespan.
Self-motivated and directed learning is integral to knowledge base expansion for learners of all ages. Both motivational and cognitive processes drive self-motivated and directed lifelong learning, yet how these different processes operate together from childhood through adulthood is largely unknown. In this review, we discuss the role of personal motivators, such as beliefs in self-efficacy and personality traits in self-motivated and directed learning across the lifespan. We then consider the role of cognitive processes that contribute to knowledge base expansion in learners of all ages, specifically executive functions. We focus on working memory, inhibitory control, and task switching as potential determinants of lifelong learning. Finally, we integrate the two litera-tures, to discuss ways in which personal motivators may influence deployment of executive functions under self-motivated and directed conditions as a learner advances along a developmental trajectory. We also suggest ways to move the study of self-motivated and directed learning beyond observation and self-report measures thus affording experimental control. We aim to provide a more comprehensive understanding and novel insight to the mechanisms and processes of self-motivated and directed learning across the lifespan.
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