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48 - Intelligence and Expertise

from Part VIII - Intelligence and Allied Constructs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2019

By
Phillip L. Ackerman
Edited by
Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

The concept of expertise is discussed, in the context of fluid and crystallized intelligence. Methods for the study of individual differences in expertise are reviewed, along with the acquisition of open and closed skills. The theoretical and empirical basis for the role of intellectual abilities are considered, along with both deliberate practice and transfer, in the development and maintenance of expertise.

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knowledgetransferfluid intelligencecrystallized intelligence
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The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence , pp. 1159 - 1176
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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