Gifted Person Psychology

When looking at an individual and deciphering if he/she can be classified as a gifted person, there are several criteria that one needs to take into consideration. For identification purposes, educators and other professionals no longer solely look at one’s fixed intelligence but other aspects that when stimulated and nurtured can grow a person’s talents whether cognitive, intuitive/creative, or motor/sensory expressions. “Growth of intelligence depends on the interaction between our biological inheritance and our environmental opportunities to use that inheritance” (Clark, 1997, p. 26). Because of this, careful considerations need to be made to ensure that individuals are afforded the opportunities to reach his/her full potential. In …show more content…
45). Throughout the movie, George wants to be accepted by the people of the community, he doesn’t want to be seen as different, he wants his voice heard as he has many ideas to share to better people’s lives, and he simply wants to be understood and respected as a member of the community. The social and emotion problems that George deals with is that the people of the community begin to alienate him because he is different. His cognitive abilities are so remarkable and baffling to the community members that it causes them to speculate and talk about him behind his back. Sensing the communities’ feelings towards him, George decides to hide some of his abilities. Gifted individuals will adapt to his/her world. When adjusting, “they may choose to withdraw from the group, may become the class clown” or seek to “hide a superior intellect” (Clark, 1997, p. 145). To not scare the members of the community, George becomes selective in showing or revealing some of his …show more content…
One must realize that since no two individuals are alike that the same holds true for the gifted population. With that said, the personality traits that “are most common among gifted individuals and demonstrate their emotional complexity are sensitivity, perfectionism, intensity, and introversion (Clark, 1997, p. 143). First, children need to be told it is alright to have different characteristics and abilities than his/her siblings, friends, or any other person in which he/she may encounter. As human beings, we are all unique and have different gifts which should be celebrated. Second, exposing children to different social situations where he/she must interacted with many different kinds of people from many different intellectual levels from a wide range of age groups. Through exposing students to these situations over and over again, children will learn how to better tolerate others and