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The Psychology of Talent And Expert Performance

The Psychology of Talent And Expert Performance. Abe Feinberg http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v =J5J4mWddC70. Natural Talent “Gifted” “A born writer”. VS. Hard work “If you put your mind to it, you can do anything!”. Nature Vs. Nurture. Francis Galton. Do people have natural talent?

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The Psychology of Talent And Expert Performance

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  1. The Psychology of TalentAnd Expert Performance Abe Feinberg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5J4mWddC70

  2. Natural Talent “Gifted” “A born writer” VS. Hard work “If you put your mind to it, you can do anything!”

  3. Nature Vs. Nurture Francis Galton

  4. Do people have natural talent? That depends on what you mean.

  5. An unusual natural ability… Kim Peek “Megasavant” Agenesis of the corpus collosum Stephen Wiltshire Autistic savant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVqRT_kCOLI

  6. An unusual natural abilityfor an entire discipline…?

  7. Anders Ericsson “Deliberate Practice”

  8. The 10,000 hour rule

  9. What about Mozart? • Father was a successful composer/performer/teacher • Started at age three • Early work was not entirely original • First masterpiece (Piano Concerto No. 9) composed at age 21 • That’s 18 years of expert training

  10. Father was a teacher and golf fanatic • Started at seven months Tiger Woods • Became chess grandmaster at age 15 • …after playing for nine years. Bobby Fischer

  11. “Geniuses are made, not born” • László’s experiment: • Find a wife • Raise children to be chess experts LászlóPolgár

  12. All three became chess grandmasters JuditPolgár Defeated nine world champions Ranked strongest female chess player in history The Polgár SistersZsuzsa, Zsófia, Judit

  13. Hard work? Practice? Practicing wrong just makes you better at doing it wrong. “Deliberate practice.”

  14. Started in high school • In the NFL draft, 15 teams passed him over • Greatest receiver in NFL history • Records exceed 2nd best by 50 percent Jerry Rice

  15. Worked really, really hard • Continued practice after others went home • Intense six-days-a-week, off-season workouts • 5-mile run • 10 forty-meter wind sprints • Weight training Jerry Rice

  16. The importance of effort • People attribute success to: • Ability • Other people • Luck • Effort • Better predictor of academic success than IQ

  17. The importance of effort • Many students do not realize the importance of effort • They can learn to do so • When they do, their performance goes up

  18. How can we change student beliefs about effort?

  19. Designed practice to target specific needs • Spent <1% of football-related practice playing football Jerry Rice

  20. Deliberate Practice • Highly designed form of practice • Isolate specific elements of performance • Catch mistakes and target your weak areas • Involves continuous feedback • Often requires expert coaching • Highly demanding mentally • Not usually much fun • Lots of repetition • Especially spaced repetition

  21. The Biology of Practicing • Everything you do (or think) involves activation of a neural pathway • The more you activate a pathway the faster and more reliable it gets

  22. Fixed mindset • Abilities are the result of natural talent, unchangeable • Growth mindset • Abilities are the result of effort and effective practice

  23. Growth Mindset • Effort is normal and necessary for growth • Try to learn/improve • Seek challenges • Failure = Need to put in more effort • Success of others = learning opportunity • Open to criticism, with realistic self-concept Fixed Mindset • Effort indicates lack of talent • Try to look good • Avoid challenges • Failure = It’s pointless, just give up • Success of others = threat • Defensive, with distorted self-concept

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