Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure (Cambridge Studies in Social & Emotional Development)

Author: Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPaperback:ISBN 10: 0521574633ISBN 13: 978-0521574631Talented Teenagers is a fascinating and absorbing examination of what makes adolescents tick: what roles personality traits, family interactions, education, and the social environment play in a young person's motivation to develop his or her talent. Vivid descriptions in the students' own words bring the material to life. Parents, teachers, psychologists, and counselors will find in these pages concrete information abou the conditions that foster the cultivation of mental abilities in adolescence, for both the gifted and the average student. Review 'The most significant study of talent development to appear ... [in] almost a decade ... It is must reading for anyone wanting to grasp how the promise of youth converts to the triumphs of maturity.' Contemporary Psychology'The result of an extensive f