Deck 7: Understanding the Social, Emotional, and Special Needs of Gifted Children and the Importance of Identifying Creative Children

Question 1

Like other growing children, the gifted children have social and emotional needs like

A)Love
B)Security
C)Belongingness
D)All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

In addition to the basic needs, the gifted children have some special needs like the need for

A)Development of exceptional ability
B)The need for self-actualization
C)The need for self- expression
D)All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

Studies on gifted children came to the forefront after the publication of 'Hereditary Genuis' in 1869 by

A)Lombroso
B)Galton
C)Guilford
D)Terman

Answer 3

Galton

Question 4

Gifted children constitute only ____ of the population.

A)2 to 3 percent
B)2 to 4 percent
C)2 to 5 percent
D)3 to 5 percent

Question 5

A common misconception among laymen regarding the characteritics of gifted children is

A)they are physically small and poorly developed
B)they have strange behaviour
C)they are emotionally unstable
D)all the above

Question 6

The main tool used for identifying gifted children is

A)intelligence tests
B)creativity tests
C)personality tests
D)intelligence and creativity tests

Question 7

Criteria for identifying giftedness include

A)Intellectual ability
B)Mechanical skills
C)Physical skills
D)all the above

Question 8

Procedures for identifying giftedness given by many psychologists include

A)accuracy and use of vocabulary
B)language proficiency
C)keen observation and quality of concentration
D)all the above

Question 9

The most important factor for giftedness is

A)creativity
B)intelligence
C)balanced personality
D)none of the above

Question 10

The main problem associated with the development of gifted children is

A)unattractive school environment
B)monotonous classroom teaching
C)unchallenging curriculum
D)all the above

Question 11

A creative child is one who has got ability to

A)Create
B)Read
C)Write
D)Listen

Question 12

Which of the following is not the characteristics of Creative Children?

A)Flexibility in thinking
B)Non-engagement
C)Elaboration
D)Imagination

Question 13

Identification of creative children is done with

A)Mental health test
B)Self concept test
C)Personality test
D)Creativity test

Question 14

Creative children are those children and youth with

A)Average ability
B)Normal achiever
C)Outstanding talent
D)General population

Question 15

Which of the following is not creativity?

A)Originality
B)Inventiveness
C)Resourcefulness
D)Specialization

Question 16

It is important to identify Creative children and we should provide them

A)Adequate educational facilities
B)Adequate physical education
C)Abundant leisure
D)Insufficient study material

Question 17

Divergent thinking involves creative generation of

A)Single, correct solution to a problem
B)Multiple answers to a set problem.
C)No specific answer to the problems
D)The question itself becomes a problem

Question 18

Creativity is the process of developing

A)Original ideas
B)Novel encounter
C)Appropriate responses to a problem
D)All of the above

Question 19

One of the major characteristics of a creative mind is

A)Curiosity
B)Futility
C)Reluctance
D)Apathy

Question 20

Which of the following statement is applicable to creative children?

A)Develop intuition in his problem.
B)Unwilling to accept routine solution
C)High achievement motivation
D)All of the above

Question 21

Every intelligent child is not creative, but creative children are always

A)Intelligent
B)Creative
C)Mathematicians
D)None of the above

Question 22

The word creativity comes from the Latin term

A)Create
B)Creare
C)Crerer
D)Cretaes

Question 23

Creativity was a result of having

A)Stiffness in thinking
B)Rigidity in outlook
C)Sensitivity to problems
D)Indifference view

Question 24

A number of researchers include creativity, either explicitly or implicitly, as a key component of

A)Self concept
B)Intelligence.
C)Interest
D)Concentration