A review about board game expertise: Is intelligence a determinant of expert performance? Cover Image

Masa oyunu uzmanlığı üzerine bir derleme: Zekâ uzman performansın belirleyicisi midir?
A review about board game expertise: Is intelligence a determinant of expert performance?

Author(s): Hatice Kübra Aydın
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Clinical psychology
Published by: Klinik Psikoloji Araştırmaları Derneği
Keywords: expertise; nature vs. nurture; deliberate practice; intelligence; board game;

Summary/Abstract: Expertise studies try to understand whether people with superior performance in one area differ from novices or non-experts. At the same time, it has been debated in expertise studies for years whether showing excellent performance in a domain is an innate talent or deliberate practice. Although the most critical determinant of expert performance is considered deliberate practice, when it comes to games including chess, compared to other expertise domains, explanations are primarily aimed at explaining the differences in performance level with intelligence. Therefore, this review is aimed to evaluate the place of cognitive skills associated with intelligence in behav-ioral studies conducted with various board game players in the context of expertise. As a result, it can be concluded that the determinant of performance in board game expertise should be considered as the interaction of both, not just a cognitive skill such as intelligence or domain-specific deliberate practices.

  • Issue Year: 8/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 140-160
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Turkish
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