Refining the Children of Gold: The Gifted and Talented Personality Pyramid.

Thompson, Susan H.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Refining the Children of Gold: The Gifted and Talented Personality Pyramid.

Thompson, Susan H.

G/C/T, n31 p5-8 Jan-Feb 1984

The author describes gifted children who hide their giftedness to seek social acceptance and thereby achieve invulnerability, then presents the "Gifted and Talented Personality Pyramid" model, which consists of four facets: environment, behavior, relationships, and selfhood. (MC)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Gifted, Interpersonal Competence, Models, Personality Development, Self Concept, Social Influences

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Language: English

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