Intellectual giftedness

INTRODUCTION Narration Perfectionism has been looked at many different ways in the past. Whether it is positive or negative perfectionism affects people in a lot of ways. Perfectionism can cause disorders like obsessive control disorder (OCD) or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) (Jancin, 2017). Description: Perfectionism has many different components that can make it up. Examples of this could be someone not feeling content with the end result of a problem solution, people avoiding to try…

Weschsler Intelligence scale for Children (WISC-IV) measures the child’s overall intellectual ability. The assessment assists with the clinical insights into the child’s intelligences. The goals of this assessment is to strengthen professional decision making when studying the child’s fluid reasoning, working memory, and processing speed. It also measures the child’s memory, adaptive behaviors, emotional intellection, and giftedness (Wechsler, 2003). The test structure is placed into a primary…

Psychologists have tried to define and measure intelligence for years. The definition of intelligence is the capacity to understand the world, think with rationality, and use resources effectively when faced with challenges (Wechsler, 1975). Many psychologists have tried to define intelligence in their own words and develop tests to measure the intelligence quotient (IQ). These tests can lead to positive and negative outcomes. In the beginning, Alfred Binet created the first IQ test to…

Autonomous Learner Model Figure 2 The Autonomous Learner Model was developed by Dr. George Betts and Ms. Jolene Kercher to give students more power. In fact, Betts and Kercher developed this model with the input of students. Autonomous Learner Model is an approach to helping students become problem solvers through divergent and convergent thinking (Betts and Knapp, 1981). The Autonomous Learner Model (ALM) is to promote self-directed learning in gifted and talented students. The major goal of…

Your surroundings don't define who you are. In The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace written by Jeff Hobbs, Robert Peace grows up in Newark; a community that increasingly declines in safety and rises in poverty and drug dealing. However despite his surroundings Robert shows remarkable signs of intelligence in which his mother sacrifices ⅓ of her salary to be able to feed his thirst for education by sending Rob to private school. However, Peace’s father becomes wrongfully imprisoned for the…

How has information from Developmental Psychology been applicable to information I have learned in other classes/organizations at Mt. Mercy? How we view, relate, and understand others is a basic component of life. Developmental psychology is a way of learning about people and how we progress throughout the lifetime (p. 5). In all courses here at Mount Mercy the material from this course is beneficial because everything has to do with people. Both developmental psychologists Freud and Erikson…

Maslow calls these four lower level needs “deficiency needs,” when these needs are satisfied, the motivation for fulfilling them decreases. The remaining three, which Maslow labeled them, as the higher level needs are: intellectual achievement, then aesthetic appreciation, and finally self-actualization. When these needs are met, a person’s motivation doesn’t decrease, instead, it increases to seek further fulfillment. These needs can never be completely filled, people will…

Experiential Reflection of Council for Exceptional Children Standards This paper presents the author’s reflections on her personal experiences completing her Master of Education in Special Education degree at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX from Fall 2014 to Spring 2016 as related to the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Initial Special Educator Preparation Standards. The paper summarizes the seven CEC initial preparation standards that address the following areas: Learner Development and…

There are many identification for student with disabilities such as; impairment, handicap and disability. These terms are being used to identify the type of disability that students have. There are also different types of disabilities such as; intellectual, learning, emotional or behavioral, communication, hearing impairments, visual impairments, physical and health impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, and multiple. These types of disabilities can affect the student learning and makes it…

Multiple sclerosis causes several physical and cognitive impairments. It is predominantly diagnosed in adults and extremely rare in children and adolescents. There is a lack of information about cognitive function of multiple sclerosis in children and adolescents. So by developing an effective brief neuropsychological battery for children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis. It could be useful to evaluate children and adolescents with cognitive impairment due to the multiple sclerosis. In…