Originally published in 1992, in this second edition of Genius and Eminence there are 28 chapters, of which 17 were new while the remaining chapters had been revised and updated. The book clearly reflected a continued vigour in the research on exceptional achievement. Today it can be read in its historical context.
Originally published in 1992, in this second edition of Genius and Eminence there are 28 chapters, of which 17 were new while the remaining chapters had been revised and updated. The book clearly reflected a continued vigour in the research on exceptional achievement. More emphasis is given to empirical work with newer arguments on personal dynamics and biological processes; new arguments for and against IQ as a measure of intelligence; more contemporary research of family and learning experiences linked to achievement; and new perspectives on the possible linkage between artistic creativity and psychological dynamics and biological processes. The changes brought the book up-to-date and gave a coherent view of social and family variables and the important distinctions between academic and real-world performance among the gifted and talented at the time. Today it can be read in its historical context.
Preface. Acknowledgements. Why Study Eminence? Part I Overview and
Issues
1. A Developmental Theory of Eminence R. S. Albert
2. Motivation and
Creativity M. C. Csikszentmihalyi
3. The Mad Genius Controversy G. Becker
Part II Genius: Signs and Outcomes
1. William James on Exceptional Mental
States: The 1896 Lowell Lectures E. Taylor
2. The Early Mental Traits of 300
Geniuses C. M. Cox
3. Toward a Behavioral Definition of Genius R. S. Albert
4. Age and Achievement D. K. Simonton Part III Giftedness: Signs and
Outcomes
1. Two Levels of Giftedness: Shall Ever the Twain Meet? R. S.
Siegler and K. Kotovsky
2. Intelligence Among University Scientists J. Gibson
and P. Light
3. What Do Tests Tell Us About Talents? M. A. Wallach Part IV
Social and Educational Influences on Creative Behavior and Exceptional
Achievement
1. Hereditary Genius Revisited: Were Galtons Missing Scientists
the Aftermath of the Puritan Brain Drain to America? P. H. Gray
2. The
Crystallizing Experience: Discovering an Intellectual Gift J. Walters and H.
Gardner
3. The Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates Mutual Influences H.
Zuckerman
4. Why Children Follow in their Parents Career Footsteps D. N.
Laband and B. F. Lentz Part V Family and Parental Influences on Creative
Behavior and Exceptional Achievement
1. The Highly Effective Individual D. W.
MacKinnon
2. Testing Aspects of Carl Rogerss Theory of Creative
Environments: Child-Rearing Antecedents of Creative Potential in Young
Adolescents D. M. Harrington, J. H. Block and J. Block
3. A 40-Year Follow-up
of Giftedness: Fulfillment and Unfulfillment M. Oden
4. Which of Those Young
Women with Creative Potential Became Productive? Personality in College and
Characteristics of Parents R. Helson
5. Home Environment and the
Competitiveness of Highly Accomplished Individuals in Four Talent Fields J.
A. Monsaas and G. Engelhard, Jr. Part VI Personality Dispositions to
Creative Behavior and Exceptional Achievement
1. Personality Correlates of
Exceptional Personal Influence: A Note on Thorndikes (1950) Creators and
Leaders D. K. Simonton
2. Personality, Research Creativity, and Teaching
Effectiveness J. P. Rushton, H. G. Murray and S. V. Paunonen
3. Personality
Consistency: Eminent Architects 25 Years Later S. Z. Dudek and W. B. Hall
4.
Creative Writers F. Barron Part VII Personal Dynamics and Creative Problems
in Exceptional Achievement
1. Great Wits and Madness G. Claridge
2. Mood
Disorders and Patterns of Creativity in British Writers and Artists K. R.
Jamison
3. William James and the Twice-Born Sick Soul C. Strout
4. Prime
Ministers and the Search for Love H. Berrington
5. A Mathematicians Apology
G. H. Hardy. Name Index. Subject Index.
