Beyond Knowledge: Extracognitive Aspects of Developing High Ability

259 Pages·2004·14.36 MB·English

by  Larisa V. Shavinina

BEYOND KNOWLEDGE
Extracognitive Aspects
of Developing High Ability
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BEYOND KNOWLEDGE
Extracognitive Aspects
of Developing High Ability
Edited by
Larisa V. Shavinina
Departement des Sciences Administratives,
Universite du Quebec en Outaouais, Canada
Michel Ferrari
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto, Canada
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Beyond knowledge : extracognitive aspects of developing high ability edited by Larisa V.
Shavinina, Michel Ferrari.
p. cm. — (The educational psychology series)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 0-8058-3991-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8058-3992-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Genius. 2. Gifted persons. 3. Creative ability. 4. Creative thinking. I. Shavinina.
Larisa V., PhD. II. Ferrari, Michel, Ph. D. III. Series.
BF412.B44 2003
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This book is dedicated to the memory of Michael Howe,
a great scholar who devoted his professional life
to the study of high abilities.
He is deeply missed by all who knew him.
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Contents
Preface ix
I INTRODUCTION
1 Extracognitive Facets of Developing High Ability:
Introduction to Some Important Issues
Larisa V. Shavinina and Michel Ferrari
II EXTRACOGNITIVE ASPECTS OF EXCEPTIONAL
CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS 15
2 Creativity as an Extracognitive Phenomenon 17
Mark A. Runco
3 The Role of Unconscious Processes
in the Evolvement of Creativity 27
GudmundJ. W. Smith
4 Exceptional Creativity and Chance: Creative Thought
as a Stochastic Combinatorial Process 39
Dean Keith Simonton
vii
viii CONTENTS
5 Extracognitive Phenomena in the Intellectual Functioning
of Gifted, Creative, and Talented Individuals 73
Larisa V. Shavinina and Kavita L. Seeratan
m DEVELOPING EXTRACOGNITIVE ASPECTS
OF EXCEPTIONAL ABILTTIES 103
6 Some Insights of Geniuses Into the Causes
of Exceptional Achievement 105
Michael J. A. Howe
7 The Development of Talent in Different Domains 119
Deborah A. Greenspan, Becca Solomon, and Howard Gardner
8 Transforming Elite Musicians Into Professional Artists:
A View of the Talent Development Process
at the Juilliard School 137
Rena Subotnik
IV EXTRACOGNITIVE ASPECTS OF HIGH ABILITY
AND THE IDEAL ENDS OF DEVELOPMENT 167
9 Wisdom and Giftedness 169
Robert J. Sternberg
10 High Abilities and Excellence: A Cultural Perspective 181
Jin Li
V CONCLUSION 209
11 Educating Selves to Be Creative and Wise 211
Michel Ferrari
Author Index 239
Subject Index 247
Preface
As psychologists delve further into the essence of giftedness and creativity,
they discover many phenomena that help us to better understand the nature
of high ability. Clearly, some facets of high ability cannot be explained by cog-
nitive, developmental, personality, or social approaches considered in isola-
tion. There is something at the intersection of these approaches—something
deeply hidden, and at the same time very important. These are the extra-
cognitive facets of high ability and they are what this volume is all about.
We have wanted to see this book published for many years and are in spe-
cial debt to two people without whom this book would not have been possible.
Marina A. Kholodnaya initially introduced Larisa Shavinina to the fascinating
topic of extracognitive facets of high ability, showing her their undoubted im-
portance. Robert J. Sternberg was also well aware of the importance of extra-
cognitive aspects of giftedness and creativity and supported the idea of this
book from the beginning, inviting us to publish it in this series he edits for
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Finally, a very grateful thanks to the contributors for their interesting chap-
ters and the effort that they invested in preparing them.
—Larisa V. Shavinina
—Michel Ferrari
Toronto, May 2002