The Discovery of Talent:

Published by Harvard University Press 1969

The Discovery of Talent

Edited by: Dael Wolfle

In the series The Walter Van Dyke Bingham Lectures on the Development of Exceptional Abilities and Capacities

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674864207

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About this book

Finding the talented, encouraging their advancement, making known their potentialities"--to these aims many of the twentieth century's most distinguished psychologists have turned their attention. In this book, Terman, Paterson, Burt, Strong, Guilford, Wolfie, Stalnaker, MacKinnon, Ghiselli, Mackworth, and Vernon, each with his own particular emphasis, discuss these issues as lecturers in a series set up by their colleague, Walter Van Dyke Bingham. In sum, they present a cross section of psychological thought at mid-century, each man writing about the set of problems on which his interest has centered.

Assuming that the concept of intelligence is essential to the study of talent, they give their attention to other variables--health, physical energy and work habits, maturation, education, parental advantage, and the like. Terman, for example, discusses the personality traits that make for success, while Strong describes his and others' efforts to measure vocational interests. Burt looks at the inheritance of emotional and temperamental qualities that affect the way one works and the amount one achieves. MacKinnon, Chiselli, and Mackworth concentrate on important kinds of ability that are not well measured by any of the available tests of "intelligence."

Today, these pioneering scholars stand high on the list of those who have advanced the discovery and development of talent. Many of these articles are already classics, and their publication in one volume will provide a ready reference and an important impetus to further work in their area of interest. These eleven lectures, provided for by the late Walter Van Dyke Bingham and presented at a different university each year, were delivered between 1956 and 1965.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
The discovery and encouragement of exceptional talent Lewis Μ. Terman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The conservation of human talent Donald G. Paterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
The inheritance of mental ability Cyril Burt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Satisfactions and interests Edward Κ. Strong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Three faces of intellect J. P. Guilford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Diversity of talent Dael Wolfie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Recognizing and encouraging talent John Μ. Stalnaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
The nature and nurture of creative talent Donald W. MacKinnon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Managerial talent Edwin Ε. Ghiselli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
Originality Norman Η. Mackworth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Ability factors and environmental influences Philip Ε. Vernon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1969
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 22
- Main content: 316
Illustrations
- Other: illustrated
Keywords: Ability.; Aptitude -- essays.; Psychology -- essays.; PSYCHOLOGY / General

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674864207

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1969
ISBN: 9780674864191