Foreword / Carol S. Dweck
Preface
Introduction: A developmental understanding of giftedness and talent / Frances Degen Horowitz
Infancy and early childhood
High cognitive ability in infancy and early childhood / John Colombo, D. Jill Shaddy, Otilia M. Blaga, Christa J. Anderson, and Kathleen N. Kannass
Issues in early prediction and identification of intellectual giftedness / Allen W. Gottfried, Adele Eskeles Gottfried, and Diana Wright Guerin
Childhood
Giftedness during childhood : the spatial-graphic domain / Lynn S. Liben
Toward broadening our understanding of giftedness : the spatial domain / Ellen Winner
Adolescence
Developmental transitions in giftedness and talent : childhood into adolescence / Dona J. Matthews
Giftedness in adolescence : African American gifted youth and their challenges from a motivational perspective / Sandra Graham
What does gifted mean? : personal and social identity perspectives on giftedness in adolescence / Frank C. Worrell
Adulthood and the later years
Developmental transitions in giftedness and talent : adolescence into adulthood / Rena F. Subotnik
Gifts and talents of elderly people : the Persimmon's Promise / James E. Birren
Life-span perspectives : understandings and implications
Developmental science and giftedness : an integrated life-span framework / Daniel P. Keating
A developmental perspective on giftedness and talent : implications for research, policy, and practice / Dona J. Matthews, Rena F. Subotnik, and Frances Degen Horowitz.