{"id":8083,"date":"2018-07-05T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T14:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/?p=8083"},"modified":"2018-07-05T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T14:37:06","slug":"a-century-of-findings-on-intellectual-precocity-some-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/?p=8083","title":{"rendered":"A Century of Findings on Intellectual Precocity: some highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The paper <a href=\"https:\/\/pdfs.semanticscholar.org\/24f3\/304736f158ab3cd9999e2343abf5f0b8d721.pdf\">From Terman to Today: A Century of Findings on Intellectual Precocity<\/a> does a lot of mythbusting.<\/p>\n<p>The recently popular notion that IQ > 120 has little incremental utility is dead false.  Even small differences in IQ predict significant differences in creative output and odds of having a top-tier income.<\/p>\n<p>Gifted children (and adults) are not fragile creatures with chronic emotional problems, they are &#8220;highly effective and resilient&#8221; individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Not stated, but implied: IQ measurement in the upper ranges (above 137) is measuring something precisely enough to justify real-world predictions that differ significantly even over single-digit spans.<\/p>\n<p>Not stated, but implied: Multifactor theories of intelligence are bunk.  To a good first approximation there is only g. Otherwise the shapes of the bottom four outcome curves in Figure 3 would have to be more divergent than they are.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;g, fluid reasoning ability, general intelligence, general mental ability, and IQ essentially denote the same overarching construct&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;if graduation from college were based on demonstrated knowledge rather than time in the educational system, a full 15% of the entering freshmen class would be deemed ready to graduate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Failure to provide for differences among students is perhaps the greatest source<br \/>\nof inefficiency in education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overall, there does not seem to be an ability threshold [even] within the top 1% beyond which more ability does not matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A marked characteristic of the profoundly gifted is &#8220;willingness to work long hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The paper From Terman to Today: A Century of Findings on Intellectual Precocity does a lot of mythbusting. The recently popular notion that IQ > 120 has little incremental utility is dead false. Even small differences in IQ predict significant differences in creative output and odds of having a top-tier income. Gifted children (and adults)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/?p=8083\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Century of Findings on Intellectual Precocity: some highlights<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychology","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8084,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8083\/revisions\/8084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}