TITLE:
Human Lifespan Approach and High Abilities/Giftedness
AUTHORS:
Juan José Mouriño Mosquera, Claus Dieter Stobäus, Soraia Napoleão de Freitas
KEYWORDS:
High Abilities, Giftedness, Adulthood, Lifespan Approach
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.6 No.7,
May
5,
2015
ABSTRACT: The article is based on the studies, discussions and reflections between the authors, about the theme of the High Ability/Giftedness, to enable better understanding of their approach in terms of human development in Childhood, Adolescent and Adulthood, in the so-called lifelong approach/ lifespan approach, because of their transit in the fields of Education, Psychology and Full Inclusion, with some supports of the Neurosciences and newly studies on brain aspects of cognition, intelligence, learning, and cultural influences, in which a subject develops and operates, seeking to explore some aspects of the human development and personality throughout life, relating to social and cultural learning, in the achievement of process of learning, ending with some possibilities on the attendance of those people, connecting with the Health and Positive Psychology.