PERSONS WHO MOST IMPRESS GIFTED YOUTH - A REPLICATION

A replication of a study of the persons who most impressed gifted yout h was conducted with 95 students enrolled in a summer residential prog ram for the gifted. Students were asked to indicate the person who mos t impressed them and to include the reason(s) for choosing that person . The most frequently chosen category of individuals was family member s (61.1%), then a tie between persons in the world of arts and culture and persons doing a specific job (8.4%), another tie between comrades and sports stars (6.3%), followed by political or historical figures (4.2%), themselves (3.2%), and moral and religious personalities (2.1% ). Consistent with the 1982 study by Karnes and Lee, most impressive t o these students were family members and least impressive moral and re ligious personalities.