Outline and define four characteristics of gifted children or adolescents. Discuss how these characteristics might present problems in terms of schooling
What will be an ideal response
Precocity: their gifts are evident at an early age • Independence: prefer to work independently and need less instructional support • Drive for mastery: intense drive to master the area of their gifts • Excellence in information processing: process information faster, more accurately, use effective learning strategies • Potential difficulties in school: o may become bored or alienated o school context may not match their characteristics o social isolation may ensue
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In George Kelly's theory, what guides a person's behavior?
A) The constructs an individual has and his/her expectations and interpretations of the environment B) The individual's standings on the Big 5 factors of personality C) The individual's answers to existential questions D) The individual's standing on need for achievement (n Ach) E) The reinforcement history of the individual which leads to habitual behavioral patterns and choices
Compared to early childhood, self-definitions in middle childhood are
a. more concrete. b. more focused on physical characteristics. c. based more on abstract and internal traits. d. less realistic.