Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined

Kaufman, Scott Barry

ISBN 10: 0465025544 / ISBN 13: 9780465025541

Editore: Basic Books, 2013

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Child prodigies. Gifted and Talented Programs. Perfect 2400s on the SAT. Sometimes it feels like the world is conspiring to make the rest of us feel inadequate. Those children tapped as possessing special abilities will go on to achieve great things, while the rest of us have little chance of realizing our dreams. Right?<br><br> In <i>Ungifted</i>, cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman -- who was relegated to special education as a child -- sets out to show that the way we interpret traditional metrics of intelligence is misguided. Kaufman explores the latest research in genetics and neuroscience, as well as evolutionary, developmental, social, positive, and cognitive psychology, to challenge the conventional wisdom about the childhood predictors of adult success. He reveals that there are many paths to greatness, and argues for a more holistic approach to achievement that takes into account each young person's personal goals, individual psychology, and developmental trajectory. In so doing, he increases our appreciation for the intelligence and diverse strengths of prodigies, savants, and late bloomers, as well as those with dyslexia, autism, schizophrenia, and ADHD.<br><br> Combining original research, anecdotes, and a singular compassion, <i>Ungifted</i> proves that anyone -- even those without readily observable gifts at any single moment in time -- can become great.

Informazioni sugli autori: <b>Scott Barry Kaufman</b> is Scientific Director of the Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his doctorate at Yale, his M. Phil. at the University of Cambridge under a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and his undergraduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University. He is cofounder of <i>The Creativity Post</i>, and writes the blog <i>Beautiful Minds</i> for <i>Scientific American</i>. Kaufman lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Scott Barry Kaufman is Scientific Director of the Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his doctorate at Yale, his M. Phil. at the University of Cambridge under a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and his undergraduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University. He is cofounder of The Creativity Post, and writes the blog Beautiful Minds for Scientific American. Kaufman lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Titolo: Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined
Casa editrice: Basic Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket