American Psychological Association (apa) The psychology of high performance: developing human potential into domain-specific talent, hardcover/rena f. subotnik

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Description 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.

About the Author Rena F.

Subotnik, Ph D, 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.

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 Do.