Ethical aspect of the study of gifted children
In this article, based on the analysis of literature and the author's own experience, the problem of research related to gifted children is examined. The greatest attention is paid to the ethical aspect of the study of children's giftedness. It is noted that when carrying out experimental studies of gifted children it is necessary to rely on the experimenter's principle "do no harm". It is said that when studying children's giftedness, the problem of the norm of development is acute. The article examines the views of various scientists occupying opposite points of view on the concept of the norm and its role in the perception of children's giftedness. One of the main ideas of the article is the non-occurrence of harm to gifted children in the process of their study. An important interim measure for this is the appropriate professional training of specialists in the field of psychodiagnostics. The necessity of observing the basic principles of the ethical code of the psychologist-diagnostician is noted. Ethical standards must be observed at all stages of the study of gifted children, in determining the goal, setting tasks, selecting diagnostic techniques, conducting research and reporting information to subjects. For the observance of ethical standards and the effectiveness of diagnosing children's giftedness, psychologists should be high-class professionals who know the methods of diagnosis, an ethical code and those who observe ethical norms in the process of working with children.