From the editor's desk.Welcome to Volume 28, Number 3 of the
Roeper Review. In keeping with the rich complexity of our field,
this issue represents a collection of diverse perspectives on
some important aspects of high ability. Several articles deal
with the important creative dimensions of giftedness and talent
development. Others address patterns of self-regulation; the
nuances of talent-search qualification criteria; and the
awareness of larger, societal issues among gifted young people.
Collectively, the scholars in this issue enhance our awareness
that giftedness truly is an intricate and fascinating
phenomenon. In the article, "Creativity: A Social Approach,"
Arthur Cropley critiques the isolated, individualistic approach
that dominates creativity research, and then proceed to
highlight its sociocontextual nature. He demonstrates that
creativity largely is a social phenomenon guided by social
influences on the motivation for creative work and on the
configuration ultimately taken by that work. He argues