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until (juvenilia) Childhood ? During this age period various environmental factors kick in ? including ? Birth order (not prenatal!) ? Traumatic, enriching, and diversifying events ? Domainspecific role models and mentors, and ? Expertise acquisition (10year rule) ? that affect the type and degree of giftedness ? The “gift” as a naturenurture collaboration Adolescence Adolescence ? Although the previously mentioned factors continue to nurture growth, ? the gifted youth can also be led astray from the path of optimal development: ? Peer groups bee especially critical during this phase ? ., Csikszentmihalyi et al.’s (1993) Talented teenagers Adulthood Adulthood ? The Great Transformation from ? Input to Output ? Potential to Actual Achievement ? Giftedness to Genius Adulthood ? Accelerated career onset ? Abbreviated expertise acquisition ( 10 years) ? Early achievement (viz. 1st “hit” in 20s) ? Exceptional productivity or output (., Napoleon, Edison, Picasso, Mozart) ? High impact (., disciples, honors) ? Long, productive career ? Early + latebloomers longbloomers ? Hence, last testaments, oldage style shifts, swansongs Examples ? Cervantes: ? Don Quixote,