Question 2 of 21

Within the psychological community, a definition of "intelligence" includes __________.

... Generally, intelligence includes the abilities to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, learn rapidly and learn from experience.

Question 3 of 21

The term genius is defined as a person who has ___________.

... Depending upon who is using the term (e.g., psychologists, educators, general public), genius can be defined in many ways.

Question 4 of 21

A 2002 study at Stanford University found that on personality and temperament tests, healthy artists are most similar to ___________.

... The researchers linked artists' creativity with being able to access a wide range of emotions, from great sadness to great joy. This emotional span was seen as similar to the mood swings of bipolar disorder.

Question 5 of 21

Research at Johns Hopkins indicates that the rate of depression among artists is _______ that of the general public.

... Artists are eight to 10 times as likely to suffer from depression as the general public.

Question 6 of 21

Published in 1994, a study in the British Journal of Psychiatry that looked at highly creative men found that one's profession _________.

... Levels of psychopathology varied greatly among professions in the study. For instance, 88 percent of writers had significant or severe psychopathology, while a third of scientists and composers exhibited no evidence of psychopathology at all.

Question 7 of 21

Exceptional people tend to _______ less than ordinary individuals.

... There is some evidence that highly successful people function on fewer hours of sleep.

Question 8 of 21

Which author, now considered to have had bipolar disorder, thought it likely that profound thought was derived from mental illness?

... Edgar Allen Poe stated: "Men have called me mad, but the question is not yet settled ... whether all that is profound, does not spring from disease of thought."

Question 9 of 21

Although there is some speculation that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had bipolar disorder, his _________ tends to counter that assertion.

... Because Mozart produced more than 600 musical pieces during his life, there does not seem to have been enough time for unproductive, depressed moods.

Question 10 of 21

Most exceptional people who produce continuous work have a preference for ________.

... The majority of people who produce exceptional work display a preference for their own company from an early age.

Question 11 of 21

Geniuses appear to find their motivation _________.

... Geniuses tend to pursue their own internally sparked interests, regardless of the input of others.

Question 12 of 21

Plato and his peers believed that geniuses were driven mad by _________.

... Plato believed in a "divine madness," wherein highly creative types were both blessed and cursed by the gods.

Question 13 of 21

Researchers studying the personality traits and mental health of famous composers had great success with Robert Schumann because of _________.

... Schumann kept a detailed diary that shed a great deal of light on his moods, mental health and musical creativity.

Question 14 of 21

Geniuses tend to _______ social conventions.

... Geniuses are likely to bypass the constraints of social convention in pursuit of their goals.

Question 15 of 21

Geniuses tend to react to new experiences with ______.

... Geniuses are usually interested and open to novel experiences, a trait derived from both genetics and upbringing.

Question 16 of 21

Geniuses in which profession tend to be more stable?

... Scientific geniuses seem to be more conventional and stable than artistic geniuses.

Question 17 of 21

In school, extraordinarily gifted students _____.

... Several studies, including one from Purdue University, indicate that extremely gifted students often have trouble fitting in; for example, they are often the targets of bullies.

Question 18 of 21

Researchers studying the ability to ignore unimportant input from the environment believe that geniuses ___________.

... Some researchers investigating "latent inhibition" have found that geniuses either receive more input from their environment or are less able to block it.

Question 19 of 21

Creative geniuses approach their work ________.

... Recent research indicates that creativity is a continuum, with no single approach prevailing. Some geniuses peak young after a ferocious start; others work at a constant pace throughout their lives; and some produce their best work late in life.

Question 20 of 21

German philosopher Immanuel Kant believed that the most distinctive trait of geniuses was ___________.

... Kant stated that "originality must be [genius's] primary quality."

Question 21 of 21

A Learning Research Institute review of the most-cited studies of creative genius and mental illness criticized them on which of the following grounds?

... The review asserted that no definite evidence links genius and mental illness, and that the most popular studies that suggest this have research errors having to do with sample size, definition of terms and repeatability.

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