Perfectionism and readjustment of expectations - Cognito
This wiki is associated with Cognito Mentoring, an advising service for learners run by Jonah Sinick and Vipul Naik. The wiki is very much in beta, so you're likely to find many broken links and incomplete pages. Please be patient with us as we continue to improve our offerings. Please connect with us to offer feedback on the wiki content. Something that many gifted children struggle with is perfectionism, especially in relation to academics. See for example Perfectionism and the Gifted Child at Hoagies' Gifted Education Page. There are a number of possible reasons for this, but one can be that their sense of identity becomes heavily dependent intertwined very well (achieving near perfect performance), and this can lead them to feel that if they don't do very well, then they're worthless. Sometimes the standard that they judge themselves against is a relative one: e.g. being ranked #1 in a high school graduating class. Sometimes the standard that they judge themselves against is an abs
Perfectionism and readjustment of expectations - Cognito Jump to content This wiki is associated with Cognito Mentoring , an advising service for learners that was run by Jonah Sinick and Vipul Naik . The advising service is no longer running and the wiki is not being actively updated; however, we'll try to respond to feedback and suggestions regarding the content. Please connect with us to offer feedback on the wiki content. From Cognito Something that many gifted children struggle with is perfectionism, especially in relation to academics. See for example Perfectionism and the Gifted Child a
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