Contributors examine prediction and measurement, diversity issues, and psychosocial factors as they relate to developing talent in different domains.
Introduction: A Developmental Understanding of Giftedness and Talent
—Frances Degen Horowitz
I. Infancy and Early Childhood
High Cognitive Ability in Infancy and Early Childhood
—John Colombo, D. Jill Shaddy, Otilia M. Blaga, Christa J. Anderson, and Kathleen N. Kannass
Issues in Early Prediction and Identification of Intellectual Giftedness
—Allen W. Gottfried, Adele Eskeles Gottfried, and Diana Wright Guerin
II. Childhood
Giftedness During Childhood: The Spatial–Graphic Domain
—Lynn S. Liben
Toward Broadening Our Understanding of Giftedness: The Spatial Domain
—Ellen Winner
III. Adolescence
Developmental Transitions in Giftedness and Talent: Childhood Into Adolescence
—Dona J. Matthews
Giftedness in Adolescence: African American Gifted Youth and Their Challenges From a Motivational Perspective
—Sandra Graham
What Does Gifted Mean? Personal and Social Identity Perspectives on Giftedness in Adolescence
—Frank C. Worrell
IV. Adulthood and the Later Years
Developmental Transitions in Giftedness and Talent: Adolescence Into Adulthood
—Rena F. Subotnik
Gifts and Talents of Elderly People: The Persimmon's Promise
—James E. Birren
V. Life-Span Perspectives: Understandings and Implications
Developmental Science and Giftedness: An Integrated Life-Span Framework
—Daniel P. Keating
A Developmental Perspective on Giftedness and Talent: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
—Dona J. Matthews, Rena F. Subotnik, and Frances Degen Horowitz
