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David Z. Hambrick
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationMethodist University (BS, 1994)
Georgia Institute of Technology (MS, 1997; PhD, 2000)
Known forResearch on practice and the 10,000-Hour Rule
AwardsJames McKeen Cattell Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Psychology from the New York Academy of Sciences (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsCognitive psychology
Experimental psychology
InstitutionsMichigan State University
Thesis Effects of domain knowledge, working memory capacity and age on cognitive performance  (2000)
Doctoral advisorRandall Engle

David Zachary (Zach) Hambrick is a psychology professor at Michigan State University, known for his research on the effects of practice on proficiency in various skills. Hambrick's research has concluded that practice is important in explaining ability in fields such as chess, music, and academics, but less so than argued by other psychologists, notably K. Anders Ericsson.[1][2][3] Hambrick contends that, in addition to amount of practice, working memory capacity is associated with better performance on a wide variety of tasks.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Carey, Benedict (2014-07-15). "How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Talent". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  2. ^ Lebowitz, Shana (2016-10-23). "A top psychologist says there's only one way to become the best in your field — but not everyone agrees". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  3. ^ Vergano, Dan (2014-03-12). "Are Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 Hours of Practice Really All You Need?". National Geographic. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  4. ^ "Psychologists Defend The Importance Of General Abilities". Association for Psychological Science (Press release). 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  5. ^ Howell, Brandon (2011-10-06). "MSU research: Intelligence, not practice, makes perfect". MLive. Retrieved 2018-08-29.


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