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  • Proposes a subtheory of intellectual giftedness based upon the centrality of insight skills in giftedness. It is argued that insight involves not 1, but 3 separate but related psychological processes—selective encoding, selective combination, and selective comparison. The products of these operations are referred to as "insights" when the basic clues are encoded, combined, or compared in nonstandard, and even highly novel, ways. The theory was tested with 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade normal and gifted Ss. In Exp I, gifted and nongifted Ss were either precued as to what information in each of a set of insight problems was relevant for problem solution, or not so precued in a test of selective encoding. In Exp II, selective combination in insightful problem solving was tested in 74 gifted and nongifted Ss, who received mathematical insight problems presented either in the standard format, or with cuing intended to facilitate selective combination processes. In Exp III, the role of selective comparison in insightful problem solving was assessed, with Ss receiving 2 different example problems prior to receiving the insight problems. Results of all 3 experiments support the subtheory of intellectual giftedness. The development of a training program for 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-graders based upon the tenets of the subtheory is described. The program consisted of direct instruction, group-problem solving, individual problem solving, and games. The results suggest that insight skills are at least somewhat trainable. (5 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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