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In this book, the author presents her 10-yr study of 100 gifted adults, examining how being identified as a "smart kid" early on affects career choices, friendships, and romantic pairings later in life. Why do some talented and gifted people becomes Mozarts and Einsteins or corporate chieftains, while others drop out of school, struggle to hold down jobs, or turn to self-destructive behavior? What are the signs of giftedness, its pitfalls, and its promise? The author provides answers to these and other questions, and creates a picture of what it is like to have an accelerated mind in a slow-moving world. The book traces many types of gifted adults, including the high-testing, power-achieving Striver; the popular, scholar or athlete Superstar; and the creative intellectual, free-spirit Independent. In their own words, 100 gifted grownups, from age 18 to 90, and reflecting a variety of family and educational backgrounds, occupations, social classes, and races, count the blessings and tally the costs of running a high-powered mind. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: publicity materials)
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This book is designed to inspire further recognition in both the general public and the academic community that the study of creativity is a field in itself. There are articles that present overviews of the different theories and perspectives about creativity, and reviews of a number of domain-specific areas. Creativity and education are examined in articles about thought processes. Programs and courses in creativity are discussed as well as strategies, tactics, techniques, and tests of creativity. There are articles geared toward those interested in business and organizational creativity. Many articles examine the creative process across domains. The complex interrelationship between society and creativity is examined. Because it focuses on scientific information about creativity, there are also articles about research methodology, definitions, and the concept of creativity. Selected biographical studies are also included. This text is intended for use by students of creativity as well as by researchers and professionals who utilize creativity in their work, and anyone interested in learning more about the creative process. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: preface)
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This book offers a new freedom to America's 20 million gifted adults whose most fundamental traits—intensity, complexity, and drive—are frequently misidentified as liabilities instead of their greatest assets. In this work about the psychology and personality of gifted adults, M.-E. Jacobsen challenges our most basic assumptions about what it means to be smart. She believes that, managed correctly, these fundamental traits are what enable gifted adults to express a new kind of unconventional breakthrough intelligence—evolutionary intelligence. Jacobsen offers a means of identifying this new kind of intelligence—an in-depth personality-type profile reminiscent of the Myers-Briggs and the Enneagram that is far richer than the standard intelligence test. She also offers the practical guidance the Everyday Genius needs to eliminate self-sabotage and low self-esteem, to put an end to procrastination and under-achieving, and to solve the relationship problems that often result from misunderstandings between the gifted and the people with whom they live and work. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: publicity materials)