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Intellectual giftedness

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Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average. [1]

77 relations: A Nation Deceived, Ad hoc, Albert Einstein, American Psychological Association, Anxiety, Aptitude, Autism, Cambridge University Press, Child prodigy, Cognition, Cognitive distortion, Creativity, Curiosity, Davidson Institute for Talent Development, Depression (mood), Developmental psychology, Developmental stage theories, Disease, Emotion, Empirical evidence, Exceptional Children, Genius, Gifted education, Guilford Press, Guilt (emotion), Heritability of IQ, Howard Gardner, Intelligence, Intelligence quotient, IQ classification, J. P. Guilford, Jean Piaget, John Wiley & Sons, Jonathan A. Plucker, Joseph Renzulli, Journal for the Education of the Gifted, Leadership, Learning disability, Lewis Terman, List of gifted and talented programmes, Louis Leon Thurstone, Major depressive disorder, Marland report, Memory, Mentalization, Motivation, Multipotentiality, Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, Overachievement, Perfectionism (psychology), ..., Pervasive developmental disorder, PLOS One, Prentice Hall, Procrastination, Psychology Today, Rationale for gifted programs, Raymond Cattell, Reason, Recluse, Savant syndrome, Self-concept, Self-hatred, Shame, Shyness, Social stigma, Standard deviation, Stanford University Press, Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales, Stereotype threat, Steven Pinker, Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, Thomas Zentall, Transaction Publishers, Twice exceptional, Vocabulary, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Expand index (27 more) »

A Nation Deceived

A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students is The Templeton National Report on Acceleration, a report which was published in 2004 and edited by Nicholas Colangelo, Susan G. Assouline, and Miraca Gross.

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Ad hoc

Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning literally "for this".

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).

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American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with around 117,500 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students.

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Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination.

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Aptitude

An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level.

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Autism

Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by troubles with social interaction and communication and by restricted and repetitive behavior.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Child prodigy

In psychology research literature, the term child prodigy is defined as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain to the level of an adult expert performer.

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Cognition

Cognition is "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses".

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Cognitive distortion

A cognitive distortion is an exaggerated or irrational thought pattern involved in the onset and perpetuation of psychopathological states, especially those more influenced by psychosocial factors, such as depression and anxiety.

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Creativity

Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed.

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Curiosity

Curiosity (from Latin cūriōsitās, from cūriōsus "careful, diligent, curious", akin to cura "care") is a quality related to inquisitive thinking such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in humans and other animals.

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Davidson Institute for Talent Development

The Davidson Institute for Talent Development is an American nonprofit organization established by former educational software entrepreneurs, Bob and Jan Davidson.

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Depression (mood)

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, tendencies, feelings, and sense of well-being.

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Developmental psychology

Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life.

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Developmental stage theories

Developmental stage theories are theories that divide child development into distinct stages which are characterized by qualitative differences in behaviour.

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Disease

A disease is any condition which results in the disorder of a structure or function in an organism that is not due to any external injury.

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Emotion

Emotion is any conscious experience characterized by intense mental activity and a certain degree of pleasure or displeasure.

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Empirical evidence

Empirical evidence, also known as sensory experience, is the information received by means of the senses, particularly by observation and documentation of patterns and behavior through experimentation.

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Exceptional Children

Exceptional Children is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of special education.

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Genius

A genius is a person who displays exceptional intellectual ability, creative productivity, universality in genres or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of new advances in a domain of knowledge.

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Gifted education

Gifted education (also known as Gifted and Talented Education (GATE), Talented and Gifted (TAG), or G/T) is a broad term for special practices, procedures, and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented.

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Guilford Press

Guilford Publications, Inc. is a New York City-based independent publisher founded in 1973 that specializes in publishing books, journals, and DVDs in psychology, psychiatry, the behavioral sciences, education, and geography.

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Guilt (emotion)

Guilt is a cognitive or an emotional experience that occurs when a person believes or realizes—accurately or not—that he or she has compromised his or her own standards of conduct or has violated a universal moral standard and bears significant responsibility for that violation.

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Heritability of IQ

Research on heritability of IQ implies, from the similarity of IQ in closely related persons, the proportion of variance of IQ among individuals in a study population that is associated with genetic variation within that population.

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Howard Gardner

Howard Earl Gardner (born July 11, 1943) is an American developmental psychologist and the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.

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Intelligence

Intelligence has been defined in many different ways to include the capacity for logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, and problem solving.

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Intelligence quotient

An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from several standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence.

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IQ classification

IQ classification is the practice by IQ test publishers of labeling IQ score ranges with category names such as "superior" or "average".

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J. P. Guilford

Joy Paul Guilford (March 7, 1897 – November 26, 1987) was an American psychologist best remembered for his psychometric study of human intelligence, including the distinction between convergent and divergent production.

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Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget (9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Swiss psychologist and epistemologist known for his pioneering work in child development.

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John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing.

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Jonathan A. Plucker

Jonathan Plucker is the Julian C. Stanley Professor of Talent Development at Johns Hopkins University, where he works in the School of Education and the Center for Talented Youth.

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Joseph Renzulli

Joseph Renzulli (born July 7, 1936) is an American educational psychologist.

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Journal for the Education of the Gifted

The Journal for the Education of the Gifted is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of education.

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Leadership

Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.

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Learning disability

Learning disability is a classification that includes several areas of functioning in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner, usually caused by an unknown factor or factors.

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Lewis Terman

Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 – December 21, 1956) was an American psychologist and author.

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List of gifted and talented programmes

List of Gifted and Talented Programs is a list of gifted education programs.

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Louis Leon Thurstone

Louis Leon Thurstone (29 May 1887 – 30 September 1955) was a U.S. pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics.

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Major depressive disorder

Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known simply as depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of low mood that is present across most situations.

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Marland report

The Marland report is a 1972 report to the Congress of the United States by S. P. Marland, which contains a widely known definition of giftedness of children.

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Memory

Memory is the faculty of the mind by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.

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Mentalization

In psychology, mentalization is the ability to understand the mental state, of oneself or others, that underlies overt behaviour.

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Motivation

Motivation is the reason for people's actions, desires, and needs.

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Multipotentiality

Multipotentiality is an educational and psychological term referring to the ability and preference of a person, particularly one of strong intellectual or artistic curiosity, to excel in two or more different fields.

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Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test

The Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT) is a nonverbal measure of general ability.

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Overachievement

Overachievers are individuals who "perform better or achieve more success than expected." The implicit presumption is that the "overachiever" is achieving superior results through excessive effort.

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Perfectionism (psychology)

Perfectionism, in psychology, is a personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting high performance standards, accompanied by critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others' evaluations.

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Pervasive developmental disorder

The diagnostic category pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), as opposed to specific developmental disorders (SDD), refers to a group of five disorders characterized by delays in the development of multiple basic functions including socialization and communication.

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PLOS One

PLOS One (stylized PLOS ONE, and formerly PLoS ONE) is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS) since 2006.

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Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall is a major educational publisher owned by Pearson plc.

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Procrastination

Procrastination (from Latin's "procrastinare", that translates in to: the prefix pro-, 'forward', and the suffix -crastinus, 'till next day' from cras, 'tomorrow') is the avoidance of doing a task that needs to be accomplished.

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Psychology Today

Psychology Today is a magazine published every two months in the United States since 1967.

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Rationale for gifted programs

When children are young, schools begin to analyze the youngsters’ abilities and sort them into clusters based on their predicted success.

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Raymond Cattell

Raymond Bernard Cattell (20 March 1905 – 2 February 1998) was a British and American psychologist, known for his psychometric research into intrapersonal psychological structure.

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Reason

Reason is the capacity for consciously making sense of things, establishing and verifying facts, applying logic, and changing or justifying practices, institutions, and beliefs based on new or existing information.

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Recluse

A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society.

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Savant syndrome

Savant syndrome is a condition in which someone with significant mental disabilities demonstrates certain abilities far in excess of average.

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Self-concept

One's self-concept (also called self-construction, self-identity, self-perspective or self-structure) is a collection of beliefs about oneself.

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Self-hatred

Self-hatred (also called self loathing) refers to an extreme dislike or hatred of oneself, or being angry at or even prejudiced against oneself.

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Shame

Shame is a painful, social emotion that can be seen as resulting "...from comparison of the self's action with the self's standards...". but which may equally stem from comparison of the self's state of being with the ideal social context's standard.

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Shyness

Shyness (also called diffidence) is the feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or awkwardness especially when a person is around other people.

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Social stigma

Social stigma is disapproval of (or discontent with) a person based on socially characteristic grounds that are perceived.

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Standard deviation

In statistics, the standard deviation (SD, also represented by the Greek letter sigma σ or the Latin letter s) is a measure that is used to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values.

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Stanford University Press

The Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University.

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Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales

The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales (or more commonly the Stanford–Binet) is an individually administered intelligence test that was revised from the original Binet–Simon Scale by Lewis M. Terman, a psychologist at Stanford University.

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Stereotype threat

Stereotype threat is a situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group.

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Steven Pinker

Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author.

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Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth

The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) is a prospective longitudinal survey study of persons (mostly in the United States) identified by scores of 700 or higher on a section of the SAT Reasoning Test before age 13 years.

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Thomas Zentall

Thomas R. ('Tom') Zentall is a professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky.

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Transaction Publishers

Transaction Publishers was a New Jersey–based publishing house that specialized in social science books.

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Twice exceptional

The term twice exceptional, often abbreviated as 2e, entered educators' lexicons in mid 1990s and refers to gifted children who have some form of disability.

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Vocabulary

A vocabulary is a set of familiar words within a person's language.

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is an IQ test designed to measure intelligence and cognitive ability in adults and older adolescents.

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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), developed by David Wechsler, is an individually administered intelligence test for children between the ages of 6 and 16.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_giftedness

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