- Advanced social maturity
- Advanced moral reasoning
- Sensitivity
- Asynchronous Development
- Perfectionistic
- Strong Conceptual Thinkers
- Fast Learners
- Desire for Solitude
- Concerns about Morality, Justice, Spirituality
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- Growing up gifted is a qualitatively different experience
- Advanced Maturity
- 3 minimal provisions necessary to prevent problems
- The psychosocial factors contributing to high performance can be shaped and cultivated.
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- Placement with others of like ability.
- Flexible progression at a rapid pace through academics
- Appropriate Challenge
FAMILY VALUES
- Risk taking
- Coping with setbacks and failures
- Hard work and sustained effort
- Independent thought
- Individual Expression
- Cultural and intellectual pursuits
- Importance of finding and developing one's abilities.
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- Unlikely to find others who share their abilities and interests.
- Social Isolation is felt most between ages of 4-9
- Choose a select few of tight knit friends and invest heavily in those relationships
- Different expectations of those friendships than others their age.
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- Prefer to work alone
- Self-motivated
- more task-oriented
- Less desire for high grades or recognition-especially in Elite Gifted.
- Want to enhance the enjoyment of work
- Some form of acceleration necessary- especially in Elite Gifted.
Gifted: IQ of 130+
Highly Gifted: IQ of 144+
Elite gifted: IQ of 155+
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Girls:
- Avoid competition to preserve relationships
- Perceive them selves as less capable than they really are.
- Search for ways to conform to the group norm.
Boys:
- Multicultural appreciation
- View their emotions as functional tool
- 14% of G/T boys and NO G/T girls say that childcare is solely a women's responsibility.
- Boys are more specific about career goals.
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