The announcement of the content of my upcoming book, In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths About Human Intelligence has been very well received. I’ve aimed the book towards the interested layman, and I have had several emails and social media messages from non-psychologists stating that they were looking forward to the book. [Update: The book…
Do you believe that how hard you work to learn something is more important than how smart you are? Do you think that intelligence is not set in stone, but that you can make yourself much smarter? If so, congratulations! You have a growth mindset. Proposed by Stanford psychologist Carol S. Dweck, mindset theory states…
As I stated in a previous post, I just got done with a “tour of duty” on a search committee for three full-time tenure-track psychology faculty positions. Last year, we started asking finalists about their open science practices. The experience was eye opening: This year, we moved the question about open science to the initial…
At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “For ye have the poor with you always . . .” (Mark 14:7, King James Version). New research in behavioral genetics has proven Jesus correct. Two new articles on the genetics of socioeconomic status (SES) shows that a partial reason why some people are rich and others are poor…
I just finished a tour on an ad hoc committee to hire three full-time, tenure track faculty in psychology at my university. For the three positions, we had ten finalists. Evaluating all ten finalists in a day-long marathon of interviews and observations is a grueling prospect for everyone involved. Thankfully, I had some stellar colleagues…
A few days ago, Education Week released a survey of 1,284 teachers gifted education teachers, coordinators, and other education personnel. The full survey can be downloaded here, and it has some interesting tidbits. Here are my reactions: Who is gifted? According to educators, an average of 12% of students are identified as gifted. It’s a…
Versión en español de esta entrada – Spanish version of this post Earlier today I submitted the final text for my upcoming book In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths About Human Intelligence. It feels good to have it in the hands of my publisher. There is still some work to do, but most of it…
I already blogged about an important paper which showed that averaging scores on tests is the most accurate method of identifying children for gifted programs (McBee, Peters, & Waterman, 2014). A paper by my colleague, Joni M. Lakin, built on this earlier research and was named the Paper of the Year in Gifted Child Quarterly…
In January 2019, I started my term of service as associate editor of the Journal for the Education of the Gifted. It’s a niche journal, but one that I’m proud to be part of. The editors, Dr. Jennifer Jolly and Dr. Jennifer Robins, are amazing at what they do, and it’s great to be part…
The latest scientific scandal is a re-examination of the work of Hans Eysenck, a British psychologist who was very prominent in his lifetime. One recent study ranked him as the 13th most eminent psychologist of the 20th century (Haggbloom et al., 2002). A different study ranked him as the 46th most influential psychologist of all…
