PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Psychopathology, Narcissistic Parent

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 471
• Professor: Richard Koestner

Document Summary

Lecture 12 cultivating talent: goals, review research on the development of talented youth, explore the role of parents in the development of youth expertise, explore the secret of being able to do deliberate practice. Fathers, sons & hockey: the athletic family system, mike and ryan sullivan, 1996. Is the father-son relationship healthy: does the father go overboard, does the story fall in line with the work of , ericsson deliberate practice, csikszentmihalyi flow, dweck mastery vs, performance orientation. Benjamin bloom"s (1985) research on the development of expertise: extensive interviews of 120 young people (and their parents and coaches) Identified as talented in: arts, athletics, academics. Investment in the child"s interest and developing skill: achievement-oriented, oriented towards the improvement, success and to some extent, they"re competitive too, responsibility-oriented, cleaning, waking themselves up, do things on their own. Learn good habits that will help them go forward. Typical stages of involvement: phase 1 exposure and playful interaction, phase 2 moderate skill building.