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Extreme intelligence : development, predicaments, implications / Sonja Falck

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxon : Routledge, 2020Description: xx, 217 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138613355
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.9
Contents:
Part I. Development
Measures and methods : the identifying and quantifying of intelligence
The roots of difference : how is it that some people stand out so much from others?
Core biopsychosocial issues : needing to be noticed, dreading rejection
Part II. Predicaments
Recognition and reactions : what happens when someone stands out so much?
Naive child, arrogant emperor : are the intellectually adept, socially inept?
Madness, misunderstanding, and misdiagnosis : is extreme intelligence a benefits or a liability?
Part III. Implications
Entrapment : the unintentional perpetuation of interpersonal trouble
Hiding self, reaching out : the "high-IQ relational styles" framework
Helping high ability thrive : channelling abilities whilst managing threat
Conclusion : implications for the world around us
Appendix : explaining the research process that underpins the book
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Book Book Cubao Branch Reference Section Reference R 153.9 F179e 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 2 Room use only 52922QC
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Development

Measures and methods : the identifying and quantifying of intelligence

The roots of difference : how is it that some people stand out so much from others?

Core biopsychosocial issues : needing to be noticed, dreading rejection

Part II. Predicaments

Recognition and reactions : what happens when someone stands out so much?

Naive child, arrogant emperor : are the intellectually adept, socially inept?

Madness, misunderstanding, and misdiagnosis : is extreme intelligence a benefits or a liability?

Part III. Implications

Entrapment : the unintentional perpetuation of interpersonal trouble

Hiding self, reaching out : the "high-IQ relational styles" framework

Helping high ability thrive : channelling abilities whilst managing threat

Conclusion : implications for the world around us

Appendix : explaining the research process that underpins the book

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