一、期望理论的含义及其在个性教育中的作用期望理论是美国心理学家佛隆 (V.H.Vroom)提出的 .它的主要内容是 :一个人在工作中的激发力量或动机强度取决于两个要求 ,一是要达到的目标对满足个人需要的价值 ;二是个人对实现目标可能性的估计 .一般说来 ,确定的目标对个体越有意 I. The Meaning of Expectancy Theory and Its Role in Personality Education The expectation theory was proposed by VHVroom, an American psychologist. Its main content is that the strength of a person’s motivation at work or the strength of motivation depends on two factors. The first requirement is the value of the goal to be met to satisfy individual needs; the second is the individual’s assessment of the likelihood of achieving the goal. Generally speaking, the determined goal is more interested in the individual.