Special Talents and Defects

About this eBook

Author

Hollingworth, Leta Stetter, 1886-1939

Title

Special talents and defects : Their significance for education

Original Publication

United States: The Macmillan Company, 1923.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

LC: Education: Special aspects of education

Subject

Exceptional children

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74232

Release Date

August 12, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SPECIAL TALENTS AND DEFECTS Their Significance for Education
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.TABLE OF FIGURES
5. 5.EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER I Preliminary Discussion — I. SPECULATION CONCERNING THE NATURE OF ABILITY — II. RESULTS OF QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION — REFERENCES
6. 6.CHAPTER II The Relationships among Capacities — I. THE COEFFICIENT OF CORRELATION — II. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE vs. SPECIAL APTITUDES — III. CORRELATION OF ABILITIES IN VARIOUS GROUPS — IV. STUDIES OF DISORGANIZING MINDS — V. IS INTELLECT INHERITED AS A UNIT? — VI. CAN AN INTELLECT BE TRAINED AS A UNIT? — VII. THE HIERARCHY OF ABILITIES — VIII. PRESENT STATUS OF THE PROBLEM — IX. MEASUREMENT OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE: THE IQ — X. THE MEASUREMENT OF SPECIAL ABILITY — XI. THE PSYCHOGRAPHIC PICTURE OF INDIVIDUALITY — XII. AT WHAT AGE IS MENTAL ENDOWMENT EVIDENT? — XIII. THE FREQUENCY OF MARKED SPECIAL TALENTS AND DEFECTS — XIV. POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF THE DISSOCIATION OF CERTAIN CAPACITIES — REFERENCES
7. 7.CHAPTER III Consideration of the Neural Basis — I. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISM OF MENTAL LIFE — II. ATTEMPTED LOCALIZATION OF MENTAL FUNCTIONS — III. THEORY OF CONGENITAL LESION OR ATROPHY CRITICIZED — IV. RESTITUTION OF FUNCTION WITHOUT REGENERATION OF STRUCTURE IN INJURED BRAINS — V. ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH A NEURAL BASIS FOR THE “TWO FACTOR THEORY” AND “THE TWO LEVEL THEORY” — VI. PRESENT STATUS OF THE PROBLEM — REFERENCES
8. 8.CHAPTER IV Reading — I. RELATION BETWEEN IQ AND CAPACITY FOR READING — II. THE MECHANICS OF READING — III. COMPREHENSION IN READING — IV. WORD BLINDNESS — V. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF SPECIAL DEFECT IN READING — VI. NERVOUS INSTABILITY AND SPECIAL DEFECT IN READING — VII. A FOUR-YEAR STUDY OF A NON-READER — VIII. SUMMARY OF STUDIES OF NON-READERS — IX. CASES OF SPECIAL ABILITY IN READING — X. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LITERACY — REFERENCES
9. 9.CHAPTER V Spelling — I. COHERENCE AMONG LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONS — II. ANALYSIS OF LEARNING TO SPELL — III. PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF POOR SPELLERS [14] — IV. CAN SPECIAL DEFECT IN SPELLING BE OVERCOME? — V. DOES READING TEACH SPELLING? — VI. ILLUSTRATIVE CASES — REFERENCES
10. 10.CHAPTER VI Arithmetic — I. RELATION BETWEEN IQ AND CAPACITY FOR ARITHMETIC — II. DISTINCTION BETWEEN ARITHMETIC AND MATHEMATICS — III. MENTAL FUNCTIONS IN ARITHMETICAL CALCULATION — IV. THE ORGANIZATION OF ARITHMETICAL ABILITIES — V. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF SPECIAL DEFICIENCY IN ARITHMETIC — VI. METHODS OF DETECTING WRONG OR INCOMPLETE HABITS — VII. NERVOUS INSTABILITY AND SPECIAL DEFICIENCY IN ARITHMETIC — VIII. ARITHMETICAL PRODIGIES — IX. ARITHMETICAL ABILITY OF TWO CHILDREN OF IQ 184 AND IQ 187 (STANFORD-BINET) — X. THE INHERITANCE OF ARITHMETICAL ABILITIES — XI. IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION — REFERENCES
11. 11.CHAPTER VII Drawing — I. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF DRAWING — II. RAMIFICATIONS OF DRAWING THROUGH THE CURRICULUM — III. PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF TALENT IN DRAWING — IV. RELATIONS BETWEEN APTITUDE IN DRAWING AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE — V. THE COLOR-BLIND — VI. ILLUSTRATIVE CASES — VII. INHERITANCE OF TALENT IN DRAWING — VIII. GENERAL SUMMARY — REFERENCES
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII Music — I. WHAT IS MUSIC? — II. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MUSIC — III. THE ANALYSIS OF MUSICAL TALENT — IV. RELATION AMONG VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF MUSICAL TALENT — V. RELATION BETWEEN MUSICAL TALENT AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE — VI. ABSOLUTE PITCH — VII. TONE DEAFNESS — VIII. RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES — IX. CAN MUSICAL CAPACITY BE INCREASED BY EDUCATION? — X. THE INHERITANCE OF MUSICAL TALENT — XI. PSYCHOGRAPHIC STUDY OF INDIVIDUALS — XII. CAPACITY TO APPRECIATE MUSIC — REFERENCES
13. 13.CHAPTER IX Miscellaneous — I. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN LONG STUDIED — II. LEFT-HANDEDNESS — III. MIRROR WRITING — IV. MECHANICAL ABILITY — V. ABILITY TO LEAD AND HANDLE PEOPLE — REFERENCES
14. 14.CHAPTER X Individuality and Education — I. THE VALUES OF INDIVIDUALITY — II. COMPULSORY EDUCATION — III. THE IMPORTANCE OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SCHOOL PROGRESS — IV. SPECIAL ABILITIES AND DISABILITIES AS DETERMINANTS OF SCHOOL PROGRESS — V. EXPERIMENTAL ATTEMPTS TO INDIVIDUALIZE EDUCATION — VI. THE COST OF FOSTERING INDIVIDUALITY — VII. THE PROBABLE REWARDS OF INDIVIDUALIZING EDUCATION — REFERENCES
15. 15.INDEX

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