Talents Unfolding Cognition and Development

by Friedman, Reva C.; Shore, Bruce M.

• ISBN13: 9781557986436
• ISBN10: 1557986436
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Univ. of Kansas, Kansas City. Developmental, educational, cognitive, and professional psychologists explore questions about the nature of creativity and domain-specific expertise, such as social giftedness and visual arts. Discusses how psychology and other cognitive sciences have contributed to our understanding of high ability across the life span. For educators and students.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Foreword	ix
Nancy M. Robinson
Preface	xi
Reva C. Friedman
Bruce M. Shore
Introduction	xv
Bruce M. Shore
Reva C. Friedman
Part I: Developmental Perspectives on Giftedness	1	(118)
Giftedness in Very Young Children: How Seriously Should It Be Taken?	7	(20)
Nancy M. Robinson
Strategies for Modeling the Development of Giftedness in Children	27	(28)
Nancy Ewald Jackson
A Sociohistorical Perspective on Exceptionally High-IQ Children	55	(22)
Martha J. Morelock
The Giftedness Matrix: A Developmental Perspective	77	(12)
Howard Gardner
Tracking Trajectories of Talent: Child Prodigies Growing Up	89	(30)
Lynn T. Goldsmith
Part II: Giftedness and Cognition	119	(70)
Cognition, Development, and Exceptional Talent in Infancy	123	(26)
John Colombo
D. Jill Shaddy
W. Allen Richman
Life-Span Cognitive Giftedness: The Development of Relativistic Thinking	149	(18)
MaryLou Fair Worthen
Metacognition and Flexibility: Qualitative Differences in How Gifted Children Think	167	(22)
Bruce M. Shore
Part III: Domain-Related Talent	189	(76)
Social Giftedness in Childhood: A Developmental Perspective	195	(22)
Marion Porath
On the Nature of Expertise in Visual Art	217	(16)
Sandra I. Kay
Finding the Problem Finders: Problem Finding and the Identification and Development of Talent	233	(18)
Alane J. Starko
Was Mozart at Risk? A Developmentalist Looks at Extreme Talent	251	(14)
David Henry Feldman
Author Index	265	(8)
Subject Index	273	(6)
About the Editors	279