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Notes 4. Good imagination power-use original ideas,
5. Better understanding and comprehensive power,
6. Keen and accurate observation power-can note minute details,
7. Rich Vocabulary,
8. Good common sense and good general knowledge,
9. Generally better in science and Arithmetic,
10. Possess broad span of attention,
11. May be good in one or more than specific ability like music, art, science etc.,
12. Varied and wide interests, and
13. I.Q. above 125 (according to Davidson and Goddard), 1'30+ (according to Hollingworth), and
140+ (according to Terman).
(2) Personality Characteristics: The following are specific personality characteristics of gifted
children:
1. Have better ability to adjust, organize, analyse and synthesize things,
2. Sometimes show emotional-unstability also,
3. Better planning capacity,
4. Have lack of recognition of their potentialities,
5. Feel boredem in classroom,
6. May participate actively in discussion,
7. More found of questioning,
8. May be popular,
9. General superior personality,
10. Superior character,
11. More humorous, cheerful and generous,
12. Have friends of higher age and of class,
13. Sincere and dutiful,
14. High achievers in class,
15. Prossesses high character, and
16. Possesses good physical health.
(3) Social Characteristics: The following are the specific social characteristics of children:
1. They are socially well mature,
2. They are popular in his group,
3. They are responsible in performing their duties or assigned work,
4. They have quality of leadership,
5. They have capacity to be socially useful and intermingle to others,
6. They are humours and honest or great trust worthiness,
7. They are democratic and less autocratic, and
8. They possess high moral qualities

The gifted children have, better ability to organize, analyses, memories, synthesize reason
out things.

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