Synonyms in a broader sense
Achiever, underachiever, narcissism, lack of concentration, lack of motivation, talent, high talent, special talent, genius, special talent, high intelligence, highly intelligent, highly gifted, high performance, partial performance disorder, dyscalculia, dyslexia, ADHD, ADHD.
Promotion of giftedness
In order to promote an existing high talent, concentration games are particularly advisable. For this purpose, we have developed a game in combination with a game manufacturer, which can playfully promote giftedness. Through the combination of concentration and games, different goals can be reached very well.
We place particular emphasis on the high quality and workmanship of this game. Underachievers are those highly gifted children who, despite their high intelligence (IQ from 130), perform significantly worse at school than their normally gifted classmates. There are different definitions of when one can speak of a so-called underachievement.
For example, a highly gifted student can be considered an underachiever if his or her grade point average is worse than 3.0. However, the threshold can also be variable and refer to the performance in comparison to the age group (school performance below 25% of the age group, etc.). All definitions agree on the fact that despite generally high intelligence, school performance is worse than the intelligence test would suggest.
According to the current state of research, it is assumed that only a minority of the highly gifted can be classified as underachievers. Underachievers often manifest themselves through massive behavioral problems, which are illustrated in the following list. The list makes no claim to completeness and serves only to illustrate possible problems.
Underachievement – typical symptoms Personal characteristics: Work behavior: Social behavior:
- Lack of self-confidence (low confidence in own abilities)
- Inferiority feeling, pessimistic thinking
- Failure orientation (failure-oriented underachievers choose either very easy or too difficult tasks. Success is then justified with “luck” or “chance”. The self-evaluation is negative here too)
- Lower performance motivation
- Lower mental stability
- Seem unhappy
- Find themselves unattractive
- High emotionality
- Social dissatisfaction
- …
- Ineffective work behaviour
- Negative attitude towards school and learning in general
- Overtaxing due to pressure (“You must be able to do that. ”
“Now show what you’re made of. ” etc. )
- Low task orientation
- …
- In some cases considerable psychological and social adjustment problems
- Fear of social contacts (social immaturity)
- Antisocial behavior
- Envy
- Jealousy
- Consciously set yourself apart from other children and young people
- Hiding abilities to “belong” to the group
- …
It is difficult to infer a highly gifted underachiever from the symptoms.
As a rule, underachievers are often considered to be problem students, but a highly gifted person is rarely suspected behind the problems. The high level of giftedness is not reflected in the grades of underachievers. It is therefore advisable to consult a psychologist if you suspect underachievement, who will examine your intellectual abilities using an intelligence test. Because of the (possible) symptoms of underachievement described above, it is advisable to deal with the child sensitively and not to express any suspicions directly (avoidance of pressure to perform).