Towards a Socio-Cultural Explicative Model of High Achievement and High Ability I: Family Context.

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ABSTRACT

In this article we propose a Sociocultural explanatory model of high perfomance and high ability. This model is the result of, o one hand, the evolution of Psychology and related science, like pedagogy and education al guidance, during the last decades, towards the integration of cognitive, emotional and sociocultural variables, and, on the other hand, the result of the evolution and development of the research carried out by our own group, especially regarding the unexpected information come up during the research process. To have a wide and understanding model is essential to guarantee the psychopedagogical intervention and guidance processes which favour a high development and performance, as well as, an appropriate attention to the students with high abilities. This model includes six aspects, in the present article we focus on one of them: the family field.