The Nature and Nurture of Talent: A Bioecological Perspective on the Ontogeny of Exceptional Abilities
- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal for the Education of the Gifted
- Vol. 28 (3-4), 312-332
- https://doi.org/10.4219/jeg-2005-343
Abstract
Despite extensive research, questions underlying the nature and nurture of talent remain both numerous and diverse. In the current paper, we present an account that addresses 2 of the primary questions inspired by this debate: (a) the very existence of innate talents and (b) how exceptional abilities are developed. The development of exceptional performance is addressed through a synthesis of recent models that invoke multiplier effects to explain how differences in initial conditions (e.g., different levels of innate abilities), coupled with gene-environment interactions, determine ranges of phenotypic outcomes.Keywords
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