Toward a General Theory of Expertise: Prospects and Limits

Ericsson, K. Anders/ Smith, Jacqui (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0521404703 / ISBN 13: 9780521404709

Verlag: Cambridge Univ Pr, 1992

356 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers __0521404703

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During the last twenty years our understanding of expertise has dramatically increased. Laboratory analysis of chess masters, experts in physics and medicine, musicians, athletics, writers, and performance artists have included careful examination of the cognitive processes mediating outstanding performance in very diverse areas of expertise. These analyses have shown that expert performance is primarily a reflection of acquired skill resulting from the accumulation of domain-specific knowledge and methods during many years of training practice. The importance of domain-specific knowledge has led researchers on expertise to focus on characteristics of expertise in specific domains. In Toward a General Theory of Expertise many of the world's foremost scientists review the state-of-the-art knowledge about expertise in different domains, with the goal of identifying characteristics of expert performance that are generalizable across many different areas of expertise. These essays provide a comprehensive summary of general methods for studying expertise and of current knowledge about expertise in chess, physics, medicine, sports and performance arts, music, writing, and decision making. Most important, the essays reveal the existence of many general characteristics of expertise.

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Titel: Toward a General Theory of Expertise: ...
Verlag: Cambridge Univ Pr
Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Brand New