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World‐class expertise: a developmental model
Author(s) -
Kaufman Scott Barry,
Duckworth Angela L.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.526
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1939-5086
pISSN - 1939-5078
DOI - 10.1002/wcs.1365
Subject(s) - violin , basketball , class (philosophy) , mechanism (biology) , psychology , field (mathematics) , encode , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , mathematics education , social psychology , computer science , epistemology , artificial intelligence , management , mathematics , history , chemistry , archaeology , economics , philosophy , biochemistry , gene , pure mathematics
The field of psychology has done a remarkable job discovering the ways people differ from one another in their abilities and talents, but has long neglected the diverse ways people can unleash those capacities. There is no plausible mechanism by which our genes directly encode skills like how to dribble a basketball, play the violin, or solve an algebraic equation. We are not born knowing how to write a sonnet or flip an omelet. On the contrary, all human expertise—even at the far‐right tail of the distribution—depends on experience and training. A more accurate understanding of the development of high achievement should inspire people to push beyond their perceived and often self‐imposed limits to reach heights they never would have imagined possible. WIREs Cogn Sci 2017, 8:e1365. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1365 This article is categorized under: Psychology > Motor Skill and Performance