Beyond Knowledge: Extracognitive Aspects of Developing High Ability

by Shavinina, Larisa V.; Ferrari, Michel; Gardner, Howard E.; Smith, Gudmund J.W.

• ISBN13: 9780805839913
• ISBN10: 0805839917
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135642822
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-08
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau
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Summary

Some aspects of giftedness and creativity cannot be explained by cognitive, developmental, personality, or social approaches considered in isolation. At the intersection of these approaches is something invisible, deeply hidden, but at the same time very important--the extracognitive facets of high ability. This volume brings together chapters by leading specialists from around the world responsible for much of the current research in this field, presenting a wide range of perspectives for understanding exceptional achievement. "High ability" refers to human abilities described by terms, such as giftedness, talent, creativity, excellence, genius, child prodigies, exceptional leadership, and wisdom. "Extracognitive factors" refer to phenomena like internally developed standards and subjective norms of intellectually creative behavior; specific intellectual intentions and beliefs that influence exceptional achievements; specific feelings that scientific geniuses and other highly creative individuals say contribute to their advanced development; specific preferences and intellectual values; luck, chance, intuition, and other similar phenomena in extraordinary development and performance; and social, cultural, and historical influences on talent development. Although there are many books about the cognitive bases of high ability, this volume uniquely discusses the foundations of such achievements in extracognitive factors as defined here, thus providing a rich source of information on this topic to researchers, practitioners, and graduate students of education, psychology, business, and administration who work in the area of high ability.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
I INTRODUCTION	1	(14)
Extracognitive Facets of Developing High Ability: Introduction to Some Important Issues	3	(12)
Larisa V. Shavinina
Michel Ferrari
II EXTRACOGNITIVE ASPECTS OF EXCEPTIONAL CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS	15	(88)
Creativity as an Extracognitive Phenomenon	17	(10)
Mark A. Runco
The Role of Unconscious Processes in the Evolvement of Creativity	27	(12)
Gudmund J. W. Smith
Exceptional Creativity and Chance: Creative Thought as a Stochastic Combinatorial Process	39	(34)
Dean Keith Simonton
Extracognitive Phenomena in the Intellectual Functioning of Gifted, Creative, and Talented Individuals	73	(30)
Larisa V. Shavinina
Kavita L. Seeratan
III DEVELOPING EXTRACOGNITIVE ASPECTS OF EXCEPTIONAL ABILITIES	103	(64)
Some Insights of Geniuses Into the Causes of Exceptional Achievement	105	(14)
Michael J. A. Howe
The Development of Talent in Different Domains	119	(18)
Deborah A. Greenspan
Becca Solomon
Howard Gardner
Transforming Elite Musicians Into Professional Artists: A View of the Talent Development Process at the Juilliard School	137	(30)
Rena Subotnik
IV EXTRACOGNITIVE ASPECTS OF HIGH ABILITY AND THE IDEAL ENDS OF DEVELOPMENT	167	(42)
Wisdom and Giftedness	169	(12)
Robert J. Sternberg
High Abilities and Excellence: A Cultural Perspective	181	(28)
Jin Li
V CONCLUSION	209	(30)
Educating Selves to Be Creative and Wise	211	(28)
Michel Ferrari
Author Index	239	(8)
Subject Index	247