Hidden Talents Framework - Implications for Science, Policy, and Practice

Children growing up in harsh environments may develop intact, or even enhanced, skills for solving problems in high-adversity contexts (i.e., 'hidden talents'). This Element proposes that stress-adapted skills represent a form of adaptive intelligence enabling individuals to function within the constraints of harsh environments.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Current Evidence for Hidden Talents; 3. Neural Plasticity Enables the Development of Hidden Talents; 4. Hidden Talents as Adaptive Intelligence; 5. Leveraging Hidden Talents in Education; 6. Incorporating Hidden Talents into Social Work Theory and Practice; 7. The Hidden Talents Approach Compared with Traditional Models of Resilience; 8. Conclusion.

Summary

Children growing up in harsh environments may develop intact, or even enhanced, skills for solving problems in high-adversity contexts (i.e., 'hidden talents'). This Element proposes that stress-adapted skills represent a form of adaptive intelligence enabling individuals to function within the constraints of harsh environments.

Foreword

The hidden talents approach opens new perspectives for educators, policy makers, families, and youth to reframe the effects of adversity.

Product details

• Authors: Laura S. Abrams, Abrams Laura S., Bruce J. Ellis, Bruce J. (University of Utah) Abrams Ellis, Ellis Bruce J., Willem E. Frankenhuis, Frankenhuis Willem E., Ann S. Masten, Masten Ann S., Robert J. Sternberg, Sternberg Robert J., Nim Tottenham
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2023
• EAN: 9781009350068
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935006-8
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Applied Evolutionary Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Evolution, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution