Indeed, in infants this can manifest literally when parents place something they want out of their reach, and they are able to retrieve it by using a tool to help them. The problem-solving skills children employ to attain their desires indicates a certain intentionality. Relatedness refers to the ability to socially engage with other children. This is found to impact on the success of the child in the school environment. Capacity to communicate is the ability to take in emotional information and to process it and articulate it.
Cooperativeness is the ability to balance one's needs with the needs of others.
Ma indicated that in addition to learning academic information and trying to synthesize it with these seven emotional factors, children are also struggling with their physical development. She reminded parents that children have an enormous and challenging task as they receive cognitive, physical and emotional information simultaneously. Children may struggle with the sheer amount of information and may not be able to process each type at the same speed. They may, in fact, be able to process cognitive information more rapidly than information about their or others' emotions or emotional states. Ma suggested to parents that this is particularly important to remember in the case of gifted children because research has shown that a greater percentage of children who are highly gifted exhibit emotional problems.