1993'1, p.32
Holodnaya M. A.
Psychological mechanisms of intellectual giftedness
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The priority of intellectual giftedness studies is substantiated and the main obstacles for the investigation of this psychological phenomenon are shown. The characteristics of composition and structure of individual cognitive experience are considered to be psychological carriers of intellectual giftendness manifestations. Psychological model using four levels of cognitive mechanisms of intellectual giftedness is presented. It consists of intellectual structures, intellectual abilities, intellectual control, and intellectual criteria.