AbstractsSocial Work

Emotionally disturbed patients of superior intelligence.

by Jean E. Huggard




Institution: McGill University
Department: School of Social Work.
Degree: Master of Social Work.
Year: 1951
Keywords: Social Work.
Record ID: 1500434
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile119017.pdf


Abstract

To all who are concerned with man and his individual adjustment to life, there is a need to consider what are his particular resources and his potentialities to meet the demands of living. It would seem that those with the greatest potentialities would achieve most in life. This is not always so. Among the potentialities which every human being possesses is his intellectual capacity. High intellectual capacity, however, does not guarantee achievement. [...]