Openness to Experience vs Over Excitability - Which One Is Better?

In episode 16, Chris and Emma were joined by Dr. Shelagh Gallagher, for a discussion of overexcitability (OE) and openness to experience (OtE), based on her paper which compares the two frameworks. Shelagh is an independent consultant in gifted education and President of the National Association for Gifted Children.

We discussed the controversy in the field of gifted education about OE and OtE, and the value both frameworks can provide in informing us about the gifted student experience in education. We talked about the impact and difference having multiple OEs can have in a person’s life, and Shelagh shared insights from her research and pointed out directions for future work in gifted populations.

Resources mentioned in this episode

Openness to Experience and Overexcitabilities in a Sample of Highly Gifted Middle School Students by Shelagh Gallagher

Building Bridges: Research on Gifted Children's Personalities from Three Psychological Theories by Shelagh Gallagher

24-item Overexcitability Questionnaire

A Comparison of the Concept of Overexcitabilities with Measures of Creativity and School Achievement in Sixth-Grade Students by Shelagh Gallagher

Creative Personality Characteristics and Dimensions of Mental Functioning in Gifted Adolescents by Shirley Schiever

Shelagh’s website

NAGC

Videos from the 15th International Dabrowski Congress:

Full Dabrowski Congress 2022 YouTube Playlist

Shelagh’s keynote (YouTube)

* A transcript of this episode is available on the Dabrowski Center website.

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