Topic

Prodigies and skill-acquiring people

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What differentiates prodigies from people who develop skills normally. Are there different types of prodigies?

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Upon birth, people have varying degrees of talents and giftedness. A prodigy, simply put, is an individual who possess at least two talents. The high level ability in a specified area makes them different from others whose skills develop naturally. A child prodigy, for instance, is an individual who completes tasks that a normal person would, but at an age that is unusually young. Psychologists have in recent studies pointed to the possibility of prodigies having a starting advantage that is passed genetically (Comeau, 2018).

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