giftedness

The paper presents the results of the study of adolescent giftedness in the context of the personal typology of K. Young-D. Keirsey. A comparative analysis of the distribution of temperaments types (in the sense of D. Keirsey) on the Western samples of gifted adolescent , on the one hand, and the winners of the competition in the Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, was carried out.

The article presents the results of theoretical reflection of the “giftedness” construct, which is currently not only included in the field of priority areas of scientific research, but also meets the needs, demands and challenges of a rapidly changing modern society. The basic concepts that operate on the concept of “giftedness” are analyzed, and three groups of approaches to the study of giftedness are conditionally identified: personality-centered, socially-oriented, and culturally-oriented.