Friedlander, Kathryn J. (2025) Précis of The Psychology of Creative Performance and Expertise. Journal of Expertise, 8 (4). pp. 1-23. ISSN 2573-2773
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Abstract
The study of expertise has recently moved into an exciting phase. While previous research had a narrow
focus on deliberate practice versus innate aptitude, recent multifactorial models of expertise development
have breathed new life into contemporary research. Reflecting these opportunities, the Psychology of
Creative Performance and Expertise explores our understanding of the wide range of factors contributing to
greatness in creative domains. With the intention of expanding the conversation around expertise, the book
transcends traditional fields such as chess, sports, and music, exploring the intersection of expertise with
creativity and the performing arts. The applied chapters therefore cover more unfamiliar fields, including
extreme-memory athletes, dance, creative writing, acting, art, and STEM, as well as the more conventional
domains of mind games and music. Each applied chapter explores the psychological and opportunity factors
that shape success within these domains, offering a close look at how creative experts develop, thrive, or
falter. In other dedicated chapters, the book also examines the facilitators of creative performance, including
aesthetic sensitivity, creativity, and mental imagery, as well as the obstacles to performance such as burnout,
procrastination, and gender-related challenges. The exploration concludes by engaging with pressing issues
facing expertise, including the effect of artificial intelligence (AI). Addressing a gap in the market for an
approachable guide to the multidimensional complexities of expertise development, this book is suitable as a
resource for final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students across a range of disciplines. However,
given that the book uniquely synthesizes material from the creativity, gifted and talented, and expertise
literatures in a number of unfamiliar domains, it should provide fresh insights for newcomers and seasoned
scholars alike,
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This article will be the target article for a special issue to be published in Dec 2025. The target article will be published 'on-line early' and responses invited. An author's response to these replies will be composed later in the year. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | performance, performing arts, creativity, expertise, multifactorial model of expertise, giftedness, talent |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics M Music and Books on Music > M Music N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general |
| Divisions: | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
| Depositing User: | Kathryn Friedlander |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2025 14:06 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2025 14:06 |
| URI: | https://bear.buckingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/661 |
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