The Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and ExpertiseRobert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko The goal of this book is to characterize the nature of abilities, competencies, and expertise, and to understand the relations among them. While some psychologists see these sets of skills as rather distinct, others view them on a continuum with abilities developing into competencies and competencies developing into expertise. This book seeks to integrate into a coherent discipline what formerly have been, to a large extent, three separate disciplines by articulating the interrelationships between abilities, competencies, and expertise. The various chapters present theories, data, and concrete ways people can develop their own abilities into competencies and competencies into expertise. |
Contents
Trait Complexes Cognitive Investment and Domain Knowledge | 1 |
Intelligence as Adaptive Resource Development and Resource Allocation A New Look Through the Lenses of SOC and Expertise | 31 |
Developing Childhood Proclivities into Adult Competencies The Overlooked Multiplier Effect | 70 |
The Search for General Abilities and Basic Capacities Theoretical Implications from the Modifiability and Complexity of Mechanisms Mediating Exp... | 93 |
On Abilities and Domains | 126 |
Expertise and Mental Disabilities Bridging the Unbridgeable? | 156 |
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The Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise Robert J. Sternberg,Elena L. Grigorenko No preview available - 2003 |
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