title: Cast in six ponds and you'll reel in something: looking back on 25 years of research.
abstract: The author describes his program of research over the past 25 years. This research falls into 6 areas that are interdependent and that inform each other. The overall program is guided by 3 bioecological principles that posit the need for proximal processes and motivation to actualize biological potential. The author presents examples of experiments that fall into each of the 6 areas and show that human potential is highly contextualized and that, consequently, the same person who fails at a task in one domain is often able to succeed at it in a different domain.
authors: Cornell University.
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Ceci
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000266:history; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008568:Memory; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D012106:Research / Q000266:history