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Sternberg, Robert J. – Roeper Review, 2023
Two implicit metaphors can be seen as having dominated the study of the gifted--the savings bank and the investment bank. In the savings-bank metaphor, people have differential levels of IQ or general intelligence, which is viewed as determining whether they are gifted. Their cognitive ability is their metaphorical "money in the bank."…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Gifted, Intelligence Quotient, Cognitive Ability