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Title

The discovery of talent. Edited by Dael Wolfle.

Author

Wolfle, Dael, 1906-2002

Publication

Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1969.

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Description

xxii, 316 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

• 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.
• 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.

Series Statement

The Walter Van Dyke Bingham lectures on the development of exceptional abilities and capacities

Uniform Title

The Walter Van Dyke Bingham lectures on the development of exceptional abilities and capacities.

Subjects

• Essay
• Ability
• Aptitude
• Psychology

Genre/Form

Essay

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Discovery and Encouragement of Exceptional Talent / Lewis M. Terman -- The Conservation of Human Talent / Donald G. Paterson -- The Inheritance of Mental Ability / Cyril Burt -- Satisfactions and Interests / Edward K. Strong Jr. -- Three Faces of Intellect / J.P. Guilford -- Diversity of Talent / Dael Wolfle -- Recognizing and Encouraging Talent / John M. Stalnaker -- The Nature and Nurture of Creative Talent / Donald W. MacKinnon -- Managerial Talent / Edwin E. Ghiselli -- Originality / Norman H. Mackworth -- Ability Factors and Environmental Influences / Philip E. Vernon.

LCCN

^^^69018046^

OCLC

• 12907
• SCSB-10116781

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library