Title: Competence considered /
Authors: Sternberg, Robert J.; Kolligian, John, 1960-
Publisher: Yale University Press,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Performance; Self-perception.
Abstract: Discusses the perception of competence as it affects an individual's development, explains how people come to consider themselves competent or incompetent, and looks at cultural stereotypes.
Contents: Preface / John Kolligian, Jr. and Robert J. Sternberg -- Introduction : changing conceptions of competence / David Elkind -- What is ability and why are we mindful of it? : a developmental perspective / John G. Nicholls -- The developmental course of perceived competence and incompetence among competent children / Deborah A. Phillips and Marc Zimmerman -- Causes, correlates, and the functional role of global self-worth : a life-span perspective / Susan Harter -- The self-perceptions of uncommonly bright youngsters / Paul M. Janos -- Prototypes of competence.