Multipotentiality

pada Individu Berbakat

M.K. Psikologi Keberbakatan
17 April 2018

Iwan W. Widayat, M.Psi., Psikolog.

Departemen Psikologi Pendidikan & Perkembangan
Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Airlangga
 DEFINING MULTIPOTENTIALITY:

Ability To Select & Develop Many Career Options: Wide

Variety Of Interests, Aptitudes & Abilities
(Frederickson & Rothney,1972)

Concept That One Can Select & Develop Many

Competencies To A High Level.
(Fredrickson,1979)

Condition Where One Has Interests & Abilities To Pursue

Multiple Different Activities & Goals
(Rysiew, Shore, & Carson, 1994)
 THE GOOD SIDE:

• Have The Option Of Many Potentially Good Choices,

• Earn High Scores On Ability & Achievement Tests,
• Diverse Strengths,
• Multiple Educational-vocational Interests,
• Have More Than One Career,
• Use Leisure Activities To Develop Areas Of Abilities &
Interests,
• Have Peer Discussions & Group Work With Other
Multipotenial Youth,
• Explore Broad Categories,
• Use Career Counseling As A Value-based Activity
 THE BAD SIDE:
Produces Conflict & Stress
• Difficulties In Making Decisions Between Choices ;
• “Overchoice Syndrome”,
• Lack Of Decision-making Skills,
• Overwhelming Career Options,
• Complexity Of Decision Making,
• Decisions Based On Status & Earnings,
• Perfectionism,
• Goal Setting,
• Delayed Career Selection,
• Long-term Schooling,
• Delay Of Independence,
• Emotionally Draining,
• Financially Draining,
• Feel Coerced By Others
 SIGNS THAT MULTIPOTENTIALITY
IS A CONCERN:
May begin early, the path from education to career is
not always smooth,
Complicated by social-emotional problems & needs
of the gifted child.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONCERNS

DIFFICULTY MULTIPLE HOBBIES

DIFFICULTY
CHOOSING TOPICS BRIEF PERIODS
MAKING DECISIONS
OR PROJECTS OF ENTHUSIASM

DIFFICULTY
DIFFICULTY DIFFICULTY
COMPLETING THOSE
FINISHING UP FOLLOWING THROUGH
ENJOYABLE TASKS
 MORE SIGNS FOR CONCERN
As a child gets older:

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

DIFFICULTY DIFFICULTY WITH MULTIPLE SOCIAL

MAKING DECISIONS FOLLOW-THROUGH & RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES

OVERSCHEDULE LITTLE TIME NO CLEAR

ACTIVITIES TO JUST THINK PREFERENCES

LEAVING FEW
FREE PERIODS
 MORE CONCERNS:
Student Maintains High Grades,

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

ACCEPTS
DECISION-MAKING OVERLY PACKED LEADERSHIP
PROBLEMS CLASS SCHDULES OF A WIDE
VARIETY OF GROUPS:

HIGHLY DIVERSE SCHOOL, RELIGIOUS

ACADEMIC
PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY
DECISIONS
IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONS

DELAY COLLEGE
OCCASIONAL SIGNS
CAREER DECISIONS PLANNING & DECISION
OF STRESS & EXHAUSTION
MAKING
 MORE CONCERNS:
May encounter dilemma of opportunities lost.

COLLEGE

CHANGES COLLEGE INTENSE

MULTIPLE
MAJOR EXTRACURRICULAR
ACADEMIC MAJORS
THREE OR MORE TIMES ACTIVITIES

“GO-ALONG-WITH-
OUTSTANDING CONCERNED
THE-CROWD”
ACADEMIC ABOUT SELECTING
CAREER CHOICES
PERFORMANCE CAREER
 MORE CONCERNS:
Despite excellence high performance & evaluations,

ADULTHOOD
MULTIPLE
FEELS LACK OF
POSITIONS FEELINGS OF
FITTING INTO
IN SHORT ALIENATION
MOST JOBS
TIME PERIODS

CAREER PROGRESS
FEELINGS FALLS BEHIND
PURPOSELESSNESS
OF APATHY SAME –AGE PEERS

DELAYED
UNEMPLOYMENT SOCIAL DEPRESSION
DEVELOPMENT

UNDEREMPLOYMENT
 KEGIATAN 1
(Eksplorasi dan Diskusi)

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 KEGIATAN 1
(Eksplorasi dan Diskusi)
• Unduh dan Baca bahan bacaan dari PsyCHE:
– Kerr, B. A. (1991) Handbook for counseling the
gifted.
Chapter 5: Career Counseling For Gifted And
Talented Students

– Achter, dkk. (1996). Multipotentiality among the

intellectually gifted

– Rysiew, dkk. (1999). Multipotentiality, giftedness,

and career choice
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KEGIATAN 1
(Eksplorasi dan Diskusi)
• Masing-masing kelompok mengeksplorasi
multipotentialitas pada individu berbakat dan
diarahkan untuk membahas:
– Kaitan antara Multipotentialitas dengan Pemilihan Karir
pada Individu Berbakat
– Kebutuhan Psikologis Individu Berbakat dengan
Multipotensi
– Strategi Penanganan / Intervensi bagi individu Berbakat
dengan Multipotensi
• Mencatat hasil diskusinya pada Lembar Catatan
Hasil Diskusi
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 Referensi

Achter, J. A., Lubinski, D., & Benbow, C. P. (1996).

Multipotentiality among the intellectually gifted: “It was never
there and already it's vanishing.” Journal of Counseling
Psychology, 43 (1), 65-76

Kerr, B. A. (1991) Handbook for counseling the gifted. Reston,

VA: American Counseling Association

Rysiew, K. J., Shore, B. M., & Leeb, R. T. (1999).

Multipotentiality, giftedness, and career choice: A review.
Journal of Counseling & Development, 77,423–430.
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