Talented Teenagers

Talented Teenagers is a fascinating and absorbing examination of what makes adolescents tick: what roles personality traits, family interactions, education, and the social environment play in a young person's motivation to develop his or her talent. Vivid descriptions in the students' own words bring the material to life. Parents, teachers, psychologists, and counselors will find in these pages concrete information abou the conditions that foster the cultivation of mental abilities in adolescence, for both the gifted and the average student.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is Professor of Human Development in the Departments of Psychology and Education at the University of Chicago Kevin Rathunde is Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah Samuel Whalen is a Sloan Foundation Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Chicago