When reading articles on certain subjects you may think you get what is being discussed, where in reality you are only getting the surface information. To understand the deep themes and ideas in the article you may need to know actual definitions to some of the language being used. Not all scholarly articles and books may go into great detail about common words in their field. They may not do so because their target audience may be other professionals in that field or other reasons. Whatever the reason may be, I want you to be able to understand the articles that you may read based on my topic of perfectionism.
The five words I have chosen are; giftedness, all-or-nothingism, perfectionism, carrot dangling, and self-fulfilling prophesy. Some of these words may be used on a daily basis. However, depending on the context in which they are used the meaning can be completely different. Not only can the meaning be different, but I have found in the articles that I have read that there are certain psychological theories associated with these words that the regular person would not pick up on while reading. Thus, only getting the surface information.
Bireley, Marlene, and Judy Genshaft. Understanding the Gifted Adolescent Educational, Developmental, and Multicultural Issues. 1st Ed. New York: Teachers College Press, 1991. Print.
Elliott, Miriam, and Susan Meltsner. The Perfectionist Predicament How to Stop Driving Yourself and Others Crazy. 1st Ed. New York: William Morrow and Company Inc., 1991. Print.
You make a good point about readers only picking up the surface information. In my blog I made this my point as well. I think the more a student studies a topic for a long enough time they become a scholar on the subject. This 2010 class is awesome for introducing this research process to us. I am very interested in all those terms you posted. I'm going to look them up myself. Good luck with future findings!
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