The Complexity of Greatness

Preface Scott Barry Kaufman, New York University Part One: Perspectives 1. Where Does Greatness Come From: A Treasure Hunt Without a Map Samuel D. Mandelman, Teachers College, Columbia University and Elena L. Grigorenko, Teachers College, Columbia University, Yale University, Moscow State University 2. Greatness as a Manifestation of Experience-Producing Drives Wendy Johnson, University of Edinburgh 3. If Innate Talent Doesn't Exist, Where do the Data Disappear? Dean Keith Simonton, University of California at Davis 4. Whither Cognitive Talent?: Understanding High Ability, its Development, Relevance and Furtherance Heiner Rindermann, TU Chemnitz, Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams, Cornell University 5. Young and Old, Novice and Expert: How We Evaluate Creative Art Can Reflect Practice or Talent James C. Kaufman, California State University at San Bernardino, John Baer, Rider University, and Lauren E. Skidmore, California State University at San Bernardino 6. Prodigies, Passion, Persistence, and Pretunement: Musings on the Biological Bases of Talent Martha J. Morelock, Vanderbilt University 7. Savant Syndrome: A Compelling Case for Innate Talent Darold A. Treffert, University of Wisconsin 8. Mindsets and Greatness: How Beliefs About Intelligence Can Create A Preference for Growth Over Defensiveness Paul A. O'Keefe, New York University and CUNY Graduate Center Part Two: Debate 9. Giftedness and Evidence for Reproducibly Superior Performance: An Account Based on the Expert Performance Framework (REPRINT) K. Anders Ericsson, Roy W. Roring, and Kiruthiga Nandagopal, Florida State University 10. Yes, Giftedness (aka "Innate" Talent) Does Exist! Françoys Gagné, Université du Québec à Montréal 11. Gagné is Omitting Troublesome Information so as to Present More Convincing Accusations: His Accusations Along with My Own Exploration of the Evidence for Innate Talent K. Anders Ericsson, Florida State University Part Three: Domains 12. Scientific Talent: Nature Shaped by Nurture Gregory Feist, San José State University 13. The Promise of Mathematical Precocity Linda E. Brody, Johns Hopkins University 14. Memory Expertise or Experts' Memory? John Wilding, University of London 15. Practice and Talent in Acting Helga Noice and Tony Noice, Elmhurst College 16. The Rage to Master: The Decisive Role of Talent in the Visual Arts (UPDATED REPRINT) Ellen Winner, Boston College and Harvard Project Zero; Jennifer E. Drake, Boston College 17. Music in Our Lives Jane Davidson and Robert Faulkner, University of Western Australia 18. Creating Champions: The Development of Expertise in Sports Paul R. Ford, Nicola J. Hodges, and A. Mark Williams, University of British Columbia Epilogue: Michael Howe Remembered Jane Davidson, University of Western Australia; John Sloboda, Keele University; and Stephen Ceci, Cornell University