Social intelligence of gifted pupils

Abstract

The article describes research whose aim was to find differences between the social intelligence structure of gifted children and children with no diagnosed giftedness. T e social intelligence was determined by TSIS scale enabling its speci-fication into three parts. Social Information Processing and Social Awareness give evidence about the cognitive aspect and Social Skills about the behavioral aspect of social intelligence. T ere were no statistically significant differences between gifted children and children with no diagnosed giftedness in Social Information Processing. We registered a higher level of Social Awareness and Social Skills in children with no diagnosed giftedness. The results are discussed due to the theoretical background of this study.