Psychological characteristics and skills - Meyers - Talent, Innate or Aquired

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Why are child prodigies prove for innate as well as acquired talent?

They demonstrate exceptional abilities at a young age.
Everyone can become a prodigy with enough training.

Why does a nurturing environment not account for much variance in talent? Name two.

There are more ambitious parents than prodigies.
Even with the same amount of training, certain people outperform others.

What model states that an individual can be gifted without being talented? And is the other way around possible?

Differentiated model of giftedness and talent (DMGT)
No not talented without being gifted.
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A girl likes to draw and puts more work in it, the teaches compliments her for her effort and the encouraging motivates the girl to further improve. Then the parents send her extracurriculare art classes.

What is this a classical exsample for?

The Multiplier effects

Innate talent assumption focus on...

Identification and retention of talent

Acquired talent assumption focus on...

Development of talent

Organizations who believe in innate talent want to retain talent. Name three ways of retaining talent?

Develop internally
Organization-focused employment relationships
Commitment-focused HR systems

What happens if you develop your talent internally?

Learn skills only usefull inside the company

What kind of staffing decisions do you use if your company is commitment focused HR systems?

Staffing decisions based on potential performance

On what does HR focus if you believe that talent can be acquired?

Bring to light everyone's strengths

How develop expert performance through deliberate practice?

  1. Allow trial-and-error learning
  2. Create safe learning environments
  3. Provide immediate high-quality  feedback
  4. Focus on not yet mastered parts

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