http://gifteduniverse.com/characteristics-gifted-adult/10-misconceptions-about-gifted-adults/ Gifted Adults Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:29:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://gifteduniverse.com/characteristics-gifted-adult/10-misconceptions-about-gifted-adults/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Gifted Adult - Pros and Cons of a Label | gifteduniverse.com Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:44:35 +0000 http://gifteduniverse.com/?p=265#comment-226 [...] reject the label, possibly because gifted is a terrible word and there is ambiguity as well as misconceptions about what being a gifted adult is.  There doesn’t seem to be much discussion about the merits and drawbacks of adults [...] [...] reject the label, possibly because gifted is a terrible word and there is ambiguity as well as misconceptions about what being a gifted adult is.  There doesn’t seem to be much discussion about the merits and drawbacks of adults [...]

]]> http://gifteduniverse.com/characteristics-gifted-adult/10-misconceptions-about-gifted-adults/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Characteristics of Gifted Adults - Overview | gifteduniverse.com Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:51:15 +0000 http://gifteduniverse.com/?p=265#comment-39 [...] associated with being a gifted adult: high intelligence as defined by an IQ score. Despite this common misconception, being gifted is not an IQ score but how a gifted adult thinks, feels and perceives the [...] [...] associated with being a gifted adult: high intelligence as defined by an IQ score. Despite this common misconception, being gifted is not an IQ score but how a gifted adult thinks, feels and perceives the [...]

]]> http://gifteduniverse.com/characteristics-gifted-adult/10-misconceptions-about-gifted-adults/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Matthew Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:42:50 +0000 http://gifteduniverse.com/?p=265#comment-37 And not just that... violate a stereotype (usually the negative one, because the positive stereotype applies to folk who work somewhere else) and people get upset because they "don't know what to expect." This is great if you're "real analytical and technical" like Robert McNamara or Theodore "The Unabomber" Kaczynski, but not if you're social, function independently and generally healthy. Being admonished to "be yourself" when you are or chastised for not being able to do math like Rain Man (not to mention stuck doing such work just because you're "real smart") is damn aggravating. And not just that… violate a stereotype (usually the negative one, because the positive stereotype applies to folk who work somewhere else) and people get upset because they “don’t know what to expect.” This is great if you’re “real analytical and technical” like Robert McNamara or Theodore “The Unabomber” Kaczynski, but not if you’re social, function independently and generally healthy. Being admonished to “be yourself” when you are or chastised for not being able to do math like Rain Man (not to mention stuck doing such work just because you’re “real smart”) is damn aggravating.

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