Foreword / Carol S. Dweck -- Preface / Frances Degen Horowitz, Rena F. Subotnik, and Dona J. Matthews -- Introduction: A developmental understanding of giftedness and talent / Frances Degen Horowitz -- Infancy and early childhood -- High cognitive ability in infancy and early ch…
"In this volume, renowned developmental psychologists and experts in gifted education come together to explore giftedness from early childhood through the elder years. Focusing on the practical implications of emerging theoretical perspectives and empirical findings, contributor…
In this thoughtful, provocative book, a former Olympian persuasively demonstrates how sports offer powerful and often overlooked tools with which to explore fundamental subjects, including biology, morality, globalization, culture, gender, race, and economics.
"The fourth edition of 'Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities' critically examines the breadth of research on this complex and controversial topic, with the principal aim of helping the reader to understand where sex differences are found--and where they are not. Since the publ…
With contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of expert contributors, this is the first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius, a topic that endlessly provokes and fascinates. The first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius with contributions from a multi-disciplinar…
"Genius. The word connotes an almost unworldly power: the power to create, to grasp universal secrets, even to destroy. As renowned intellectual historian Darrin McMahon explains in Divine Fury, the concept of genius can be traced back to antiquity, when men of great insight wer…
What are the origins of greatness? Few other questions have caused such intense debate, controversy, and diversity of opinions. In recent years, a large body of research has accumulated that suggests that the origins of greatness are extraordinarily complex. Instead of talent or…
In Ratgeberform wird in das Thema Hochbegabung eingeführt. Anhand von Fallbeispielen und Forschungsergebnissen wird die Vielfalt der Erscheinungsformen dargestellt und auf den Handlungsbedarf aufmerksam gemacht, sich auch in der Bundesrepublik durch ein flexibles Schulsystem auf…
"Creativity and Psychotic States in Exceptional People tells the story of the lives of four exceptionally gifted individuals: Vincent van Gogh, Vaslav Nijinsky, Jose Saramago and John Nash. Previously unpublished chapters by Murray Jackson are set in a contextual framework by Je…
"Creativity and Psychotic States in Exceptional People tells the story of the lives of four exceptionally gifted individuals: Vincent van Gogh, Vaslav Nijinsky, Jose Saramago and John Nash. Previously unpublished chapters by Murray Jackson are set in a contextual framework by Je…