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Database: PsycINFO
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Giftedness and genius: Crucial differences.
Jensen, Arthur R.
Benbow, Camilla Persson (Ed); Lubinski, David John (Ed). (1996). Intellectual talent: Psychometric and social issues (pp. 393-411). Baltimore, MD, US: Johns Hopkins University Press, xii, 428 pp.

Abstract

  1. reflect on the complex difference between intellectual giftedness and genius / focus on factors, many intriguing in and of themselves, that are characteristic of genius / the author's primary thesis is that the emergence of genius is best described using a multiplicative model / argue that exceptional achievement is a multiplicative function of a number of different traits, each of which is normally distributed, but which in combination are so synergistic as to skew the resulting distribution of achievement / how many different traits are involved in producing extraordinary achievement, and what are they / provide some conjectures that can be drawn on to answer this critical question
    intelligence / creativity [the creative process, psychosis, productivity, mental energy, other personality correlates, characteristics of genius: some conclusions] / giftedness and genius: important differences / educational implications (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)