{"title":"Rethinking Human Potential in Terms of Strength and Fragility: A Case Study of Michael Jackson*","authors":"S. Tordjman, Maria Pereira Da Costa, S. Schauder","doi":"10.1177/0162353219894645","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The case study of Michael Jackson illustrates the concepts of high potential, talent, and precocity in the musical domain. Studying this case of exceptional musical talent highlights the usefulness of a multidimensional approach to exploring human potential, which is not limited to academic abilities. It offers a better understanding of the process of transforming a gift into talent and allows us to examine the asynchronies observed in some high-potential individuals between extreme talent and impaired socioaffective development—the interplay between strength and fragility where cognitive functioning cannot be dissociated from emotional functioning.","PeriodicalId":51648,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED","volume":"43 1","pages":"61 - 78"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0162353219894645","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"JOURNAL FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0162353219894645","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"EDUCATION, SPECIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The case study of Michael Jackson illustrates the concepts of high potential, talent, and precocity in the musical domain. Studying this case of exceptional musical talent highlights the usefulness of a multidimensional approach to exploring human potential, which is not limited to academic abilities. It offers a better understanding of the process of transforming a gift into talent and allows us to examine the asynchronies observed in some high-potential individuals between extreme talent and impaired socioaffective development—the interplay between strength and fragility where cognitive functioning cannot be dissociated from emotional functioning.
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