"Gifted Grownups, Marylou Kelly Streznewski's unprecedented, 10-year study of 100 gifted adults, examines how being identified as a "smart kid" early on affects career choices, friendships, and romantic pairings later in life. Why do some talented and gifted people become Mozarts and Einsteins or corporate chieftains, while others drop out of school, struggle to hold down jobs, or turn to self-destructive behavior? What are the signs of giftedness, its pitfalls, and its promise? Marylou Streznewski provides answers to these and other questions, and creates an intriguing picture of what it is…
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Editions
3 editions · 2 languages
Other · English · 2008
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John · 292 pages · 9780470348208
Other · English · 1999
J. Wiley · 292 pages · 9780471295808
Other · Chinese · 2004
Wo de tian cai e meng = Gifted grounups
Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si · 349 pages · 9789573251682
Creative abilitySocial aspectsGifted personsCase studiesSocial aspects of Creative abilitySuccessIntelligenceCreativity
