 General intellectual ability
• is an avid reader
• has avid interest in science or literature
• provides very alert, rapid answers to questions
• has a wide range of interests
• is secure emotionally
• is venturesome, wanting to do new things
• tends to dominate peers or situations
• is an entrepreneur - readily makes money on various projects or activities
• needs little outside control - applies self discipline
• is resourceful - solving problems by ingenious methods
• is creative in new ideas, seeing associations, pursuing innovations
• displays a great curiosity about objects, situations or events
• has the capacity to look into things and be puzzled
• is involved with many exploratory type activities
• reveals originality in oral and written expression
• is perceptually open to his or her environment
• displays a willingness to accept complexity
• has the capacity to use knowledge and information other than to memorise
• shows superior judgement in evaluating things
• is a good guesser
• makes good grades in most subjects
• learns rapidly, easily and efficiently
• uses a lot of commonsense
• retains and uses information which has been heard or read
• uses a large number of words easily and accurately
• asks many questions of a provocative nature
• has a power of abstraction, conceptualisation and synthesis
• has an interest in cause-effect relations
• has a liking for structure, order and consistency
• has a power of concentration, an intense attention that excludes all else
• is persistent
• has a high energy level
• is independent
• is friendly and outgoing
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