VARIETIES OF INTELLECTUAL TALENT

Precocity, prodigiousness, brightness, intelligence, talent, creativit y, eminence, renown, greatness, and genius may be aspects or consequen ces of characteristics often lumped together under the multi-dimension al term ''giftedness.'' Certain of these concepts can be traced from G alton through Spearman, Binet, and Terman to outstanding recent contri butors. We consider identification of intellectually talented youth an d, to some extent, their educational facilitation. Although the ''abil ities'' view of talent is emphasized, more qualitative approaches such as those of Bloom, Ericsson, Gardner, Simonton, and Sternberg receive attention. Life outcomes of mathematically and/or verbally precocious youth identified across the nation by talent searches emanating since 1971 from Johns Hopkins University and elsewhere may help clarify rel ationships between intellectual precocity, creativity, and achievement .