Toward a General Theory of Expertise: Prospects and Limits

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521404703
• ISBN13: 9780521404709
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.4"