I think I get what you're asking. I don't have a lot of time to expound right now, but I'll just throw a few thoughts out there to see if I'm getting at the heart of your question.

I've been interested in exploring the link between aptitude and personality type. Here's an article that goes into some research showing that the gifted population has a higher percentage of I's, N's, and P's on the Myers Briggs: http://www.sengifted.org/archives/a...sychological-types-of-gifted-adolescents

And here's an article discussing how personality preference can lead to different behavior at school: http://www.educationaloptions.com/resources/documents/x-PersonalityandSchoolAdjustment.pdf

Most explanations of the Myers Briggs go to great lengths to show that each personality type has unique strengths. If the gifted population has a different mix of personalities compared to the NT population, it would stand to reason that the gifted population would tend to have different strengths compared to the NT population, even though individual personality type will vary.