2020 NAGC Book of the Year Award Winner —?Finalist in the 2020 PROSE AwardsThis 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 investment
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Table of ContentsContributors
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. WorrellPart I: SportSteven 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. PortengaPart II: The ProfessionsEduardo 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 SalasPart III: AcademiaPaula 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-NicponIV. Performing ArtsAaron 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 KozbeltPart V: Producing ArtsLinda 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 JarvinPart VI: Conclusion Chapter 17: The Psychology of High Performance: Overarching Themes
Frank C. Worrell, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, and Rena F. Subotnik Index
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