The purpose of the study was to examine gifted and non-selected children's perceptions of academic achievement, academic effort, and athleticism. 62 gifted and 61 non-selected 8 to 14-year-old children rated a series of hypothetical male and female characters differing in the aforementioned traits. Repeated-measures ANOVAs indicated that academic achievement and athleticism were important determinants of a character's acceptance, but that academic effort was not. We hypothesized that gifted children would view brilliant and studious characters more positively than would non-selected children. Gifted and non-selected children did not differ in their perceptions of studious characters, but marginal support was revealed for the contention that gifted children would be more accepting of brilliant characters than would non-selected children.
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