The psychology of high performance : developing human potential into domain-specific talent /

"This volume explores how early potential develops into high performance in five domains: sport (specifically golf and team sports), the professions (medicine, software engineering, and professional teams), academics (mathematics and psychology), the performing arts (dance and acting), and the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula (Author)
Other Authors: Subotnik, Rena Faye (Editor), Worrell, Frank C. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2019.
Subjects:
Gifted persons.
Creative ability.
Employees > Training of.
Psychology, Industrial > Case studies.
Employment > psychology
Work Performance
Vocational Education
Creativity
Inservice Training
Surdoués.
Créativité.
Personnel > Formation.
Psychologie du travail > Études de cas.
Enseignement professionnel.
creativity.
gifted (people)
PSYCHOLOGY > Education & Training.
PSYCHOLOGY > Creative Ability.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
PSYCHOLOGY / Education & Training
Creative ability
Employees > Training of
Gifted persons
Psychology, Industrial
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • High performance: The central psychological mechanism for talent development
  • I. Sport
  • High-performance talent development in golf
  • Talent identification and development in game sports
  • Reflections on talent development in sport
  • II. The professions
  • Talent development in medicine and software engineering
  • What makes a team of experts an expert team?
  • Reflections on talent development in the professions
  • III. Academia
  • Developing mathematical talent in schoolchildren: Who, what, and how?
  • Talent development in the domain of academic psychology
  • Reflections on talent development in academics
  • IV. Performing arts
  • The development of acting talent: Possibilities and approaches
  • Talent development in dance: Perspectives from gatekeepers in Hong Kong and Finland
  • Reflections on talent development in the performing arts: Concluding comments
  • V. Producing arts
  • Talent and ability in drawing and visual art
  • Culinary arts: Talent and their development
  • Reflections on talent development in arts production
  • VI. Conclusion
  • The psychology of high performance: Overarching themes
  • Index.

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