Large bodies of literature have supported the necessity of gifted programs for either the intellectually superior or the creative-productive thinker, but few have actively sought to establish programs which systematically combine the two. A promising union of these two categories may identify a group previously ignored, but whose characteristics merit closer examination. This paper attempts to establish a theory of eminence based on the notion that the potential genius will very likely be found among this special group. While eminence is viewed as a rare ability which is to some extent predetermined, the capacity of society to significantly influence its fruition is regarded as dependent on its power or skill to increase individual faculty for creative behavior.
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