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  • Reviews the book, Giftedness 101 by L. K. Silverman (see record 2012-34354-000). In this somewhat scattershot but well-meaning short book, Linda Kreger Silverman is on a consciousness-raising mission, attempting to improve awareness of the experience of gifted children, who she contends have often been left out in the cold by educators and research psychologists. She argues that, if psychologists are committed to social justice for those with intellectual disabilities, they should be similarly supportive of those with particularly high abilities, who are also subject to discrimination, misunderstanding, and bullying. Perhaps unintentionally, the part of the book that is most convincing that something is amiss in psychology's treatment of the intellectually gifted is the reference section. A further purpose of the book is 'mythbusting'. Intelligence researchers will appreciate Silverman's debunking of several of the stultifying untruths that surround our discipline along with her forceful defense, and detailed explication, of the use of IQ testing to identify and assess giftedness. Finally, Silverman's assertion that "giftedness is not elitist" does not chime with the reality that societal and cultural elites are highly likely to score well above average on IQ tests—that is, in meritocratic systems the gifted already tend to rise to the top. Whether or not giftedness currently "cuts across all socioeconomic, ethnic, and national groups", if we followed Silverman's advice and gave gifted children from all backgrounds the support and resources they deserve, we might expect even more 'elitist' results in the future, as more of the elevated positions in society become occupied by those with high ability and their children, to whom they will pass on their high-ability genes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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