{"product_id":"the-road-to-excellence-the-acquisition-of-expert-performance-in-the-arts-and-sciences-sports-and-games-9780805822328","title":"The Road to Excellence The Acquisition of Expert","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcellence and the highest levels of performance in the arts and sciences, sports, and games have always been an object of fascination to both scientists and lay people. Only during the last 20 years have scientists studied these levels of performance in the laboratory in order to identify their mediating mechanisms. Contrary to the common belief that innate talents are the critical factors for exceptional performance, investigators have found that acquired skills, knowledge, and physiological adaptations in response to intense practice are the primary mechanisms, mediating the highest levels of performance. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is the first and only book to examine \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e elite performers effect their exceptional accomplishments. The world''s leading researchers on expert performance and creative achievement review theories and recent findings from many different domains of expertise on how experts optimize improvement in their performance and eventually attain excellence. Elite perform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"...an impressive assemblage of expertise....useful to interested researchers.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThe Road to Excellence\u003c\/b\u003e signals the emergence of an exciting and important new chapter in the study of extraordinariness. As distinct from such rubrics as creativity, giftedness, talent, intelligence and genius, the focus here is on experimental and field studies of expert performance in diverse fields: music, chess, figure skating, wrestling, golf, medicine, perception, memory, and reading. While each field raises its own conceptual and methodological problems, most of the authors agree with Ericsson's central finding of the profoundly transformative power of prolonged, well-thought out and well coached 'deliberate practice.' This book is a must-read for anyone interested in how people come to do their best.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eHoward E. Gruber\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Teachers College Columbia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This volume contains an interesting description of the development of expert performance in a variety of fields. It is a balanced collection; advocates of the view that experts are born and that experts are made both have their say. Readers will obtain a good picture of how modern scientific psychologists view expertise. The book will be a valuable reference for anyone interested in human cognition.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eEarl Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor of Psychology, University of Washington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This is psychology at its best: employing data from both laboratory and natural environments, using both contentious and provocative ideas. I recommend it highly. Researchers, teachers, parents, mentors and coaches--everyone interested in the development of high levels of talent--will learn much from this book.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDavid Berliner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRegents' Professor of Education, Arizona State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents: \u003c\/b\u003ePreface. \u003cb\u003eK.A. Ericsson,\u003c\/b\u003e The Acquisition of Expert Performance: An Introduction to Some of the Issues. \u003cb\u003eN. Charness, R. Krampe, U. Mayr,\u003c\/b\u003e The Role of Practice and Coaching in Entrepreneurial Skill Domains: An International Comparison of Life-Span Chess Skill Acquisition. \u003cb\u003eJ.L. Starkes, J.M. Deakin, F. Allard, N.J. Hodges, A. Hayes,\u003c\/b\u003e Deliberate Practice in Sports: What Is It Anyway? \u003cb\u003eJ.A. Sloboda,\u003c\/b\u003e The Acquisition of Musical Performance Expertise: Deconstructing the \"Talent\" Account of Individual Differences in Musical Expressivity. \u003cb\u003eV.L. Patel, D.R. Kaufman, S.A. Magder,\u003c\/b\u003e The Acquisition of Medical Expertise in Complex Dynamic Environments. \u003cb\u003eH.B. Richman, F. Gobet, J.J. Staszewski, H.A. Simon,\u003c\/b\u003e Perceptual and Memory Processes in the Acquisition of Expert Performance: The EPAM Model. \u003cb\u003eR.K. Wagner, K.E. Stanovich,\u003c\/b\u003e Expertise in Reading. \u003cb\u003eD.K. Simonton,\u003c\/b\u003e Creative Expertise: A Life-Span Developmental Perspective. \u003cb\u003eM.J.A. Howe,\u003c\/b\u003e The Childhoods and Early Lives of Geniuses: Combining Psychological and Biographical Evidence. \u003cb\u003eE. Winner,\u003c\/b\u003e The Rage to Master: The Decisive Role of Talent in the Visual Arts. \u003cb\u003eR. Glaser,\u003c\/b\u003e Changing the Agency for Learning: Acquiring Expert Performance. \u003cb\u003eF.L. Holmes,\u003c\/b\u003e Expert Performance and the History of Science. \u003cb\u003eJ.B. Shea, G. Paull,\u003c\/b\u003e Capturing Expertise in Sports. \u003cb\u003eR.M. Shiffrin,\u003c\/b\u003e Laboratory Experimentation on the Genesis of Expertise. \u003cb\u003eR.J. Sternberg,\u003c\/b\u003e Costs of Expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018450534743,"sku":"9780805822328","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780805822328.jpg?v=1750776942","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-road-to-excellence-the-acquisition-of-expert-performance-in-the-arts-and-sciences-sports-and-games-9780805822328","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}