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2020 NAGC Book of the Year Award Winner — ​Finalist in the 2020 PROSE Awards 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 producing arts (culinary arts and drawing/painting). The chapters address many questions: What does “raw” potential in a specific domain looks like?  How can those abilities be nurtured and grown, and what psychosocial skills are necessary for this development? The Psychology of High Performance examines similarities and differences within and between domains and includes several personal interviews with “gatekeepers”—experts in a field whose professional judgment determines whether individuals’ developed abilities are good investments for further instruction and coaching. With its mix of scholarship and personal interviews, this book brings new insights based on psychological science and best practice to inform educators, parents, coaches, and psychologists guiding young people on their path to becoming high performers.

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Author:   Rena F. Subotnik ,  Paula Olszewski-Kubilius ,  Frank C. Worrell
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Weight:   0.900kg
ISBN:  

9781433829888

ISBN 10:   1433829886
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   11 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, and Frank C. Worrell Chapter 1: High Performance: The Central Psychological Mechanism for Talent Development Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, and Frank C. Worrell Part I: Sport Steven T. Portenga Chapter 2: High-Performance Talent Development in Golf Steven T. Portenga Gatekeeper Interview: Jay Hogue, Assistant Gymnastics Coach, University of Denver Steven T. Portenga Chapter 3: Talent Identification and Development in Game Sports Job Fransen and Arne Güllich Chapter 4: Reflections on Talent Development in Sport Steven T. Portenga Part II: The Professions Eduardo Salas and Steven E. Knotek Chapter 5: Talent Development in Medicine and Software Engineering Melissa A. McWilliams, Emily Z. Holding, and Steven E. Knotek Gatekeeper Interview: Michael Reed, Software Engineer and Site Lead, Google Chapel Hill Steven E. Knotek Chapter 6: What Makes a Team of Experts an Expert Team? Denise L. Reyes and Eduardo Salas Chapter 7: Reflections on Talent Development in the Professions Steven E. Knotek and Eduardo Salas Part III: Academia Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Rena F. Subotnik, Frank C. Worrell, and Megan Foley-Nicpon Chapter 8: Developing Mathematical Talent in School Children: Who, What, and How? Roza Leikin Gatekeeper Interview: Avi Berman, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, the TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology Roza Leikin Chapter 9: Talent Development in the Domain of Academic Psychology Dean Keith Simonton Gatekeeper Interview: Robert J. Sternberg, Professor of Human Development, Cornell University Dean Keith Simonton Chapter 10: Reflections on Talent Development in Academics Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Frank C. Worrell, Rena F. Subotnik, and Megan Foley-Nicpon IV. Performing Arts Aaron Kozbelt Chapter 11: The Development of Acting Talent: Possibilities and Approaches Tony Noice and Helga Noice Gatekeeper Interview: David Black, Producer, Director, Actor, Teacher Aaron Kozbelt Chapter 12: Talent Development in Dance: Perspectives from Gatekeepers in Hong Kong and Finland Joey Chua Gatekeeper Interview: Stephen Pier, Professor of Dance and Division Director, The Hartt School, University of Hartford Aaron Kozbelt Chapter 13: Reflections on Talent Development in Performing Arts: Concluding Comments Aaron Kozbelt Part V: Producing Arts Linda Jarvin Chapter 14: Talent and Ability in Drawing and Visual Arts Aaron Kozbelt and Andrea Kantrowitz Gatekeeper Interview: Talent and Ability in Drawing: An Account From the Field Linda Jarvin Chapter 15: Culinary Arts: Talent and Their Development Laurent Aron, Marion Botella, and Todd Lubart Chapter 16: Reflections on Talent Development in Arts Production Linda Jarvin Part VI: Conclusion Chapter 17: The Psychology of High Performance: Overarching Themes Frank C. Worrell, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, and Rena F. Subotnik Index About the Editors  

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2020 NAGC Book of the Year Award Winner Finalist in the 2020 PROSE Awards This book is wonderfully interdisciplinary. --Choice

This book is wonderfully interdisciplinary. --Choice

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Rena F. Subotnik,PhD, is director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association in Washington, DC. She is coauthor (with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank C. Worrell) of the articles “The U.S. Neglects Its Best Science Students” (Scientific American); “Nurturing the Young Genius: Renewing Our Commitment to Gifted Education Is the Key to a More Innovative, Productive, and Culturally Rich Society” (Scientific American Mind); and “Rethinking Giftedness and Gifted Education: A Proposed Direction Forward Based on Psychological Science” (Psychological Science in the Public Interest). She is coeditor of the books Methodologies for Conducting Research on Giftedness (with Bruce Thompson, 2010) and The Development of Giftedness and Talent Across the Life Span (with Frances Degan Horowitz and Dona J. Matthews, 2009). Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, PhD, is the director of the Center for Talent Development and a professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Recent publications include “Minority Achievement Gaps in STEM: Findings of a Longitudinal Study of Project Excite” (with Saiying Steenbergen-Hu, Rhoda Rosen, and Dana Thomson, 2017) in Gifted Child Quarterly and “The Role of the Family in Talent Development,” (with Rena F. Subotnik and Frank C. Worrell, 2018) in the APA Handbook of Giftedness and Talent. She is past-president of the National Association for Gifted Children from which she received the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2009.   Frank C. Worrell,PhD, is a professor of school psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. A current member-at-large of the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Worrell is a former editor of the Review of Educational Research and a 2013 recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children. Recent publications include Achieving College Dreams: How a University-Charter District Partnership Created an Early College High School (with Rhona S. Weinstein, 2016) and “Talent Development: A Path Towards Eminence” (with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Rena F. Subotnik, 2018) in the APA Handbook ofGiftedness and Talent.    

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