Passage: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Typically, people think of genius, whether it manifests in Mozart’s composition of symphonies at age five or Einstein’s discovery of relativity, as having a quality not just of the supernatural, but also of the eccentric. People see genius as a good abnormality; moreover, they think of genius as a completely unpredictable abnormality. Being a genius isn’t as simple as being smart or having a high IQ. While intelligence is, of course, a prerequisite of genius status, there are other things at play here – including creativity, self-awareness, and an innate ability to ask questions few others have ever asked. Until recently, psychologists regarded the quirks of genius as too erratic to describe intelligibly; however, Anna Findley’s groundbreaking study uncovers predictable patterns in the biographies of geniuses. These patterns do not dispel the common belief that there is a kind of supernatural intervention in the lives of unusually talented men and women, however, even though they occur with regularity. For example, Findley shows that all geniuses experience three intensely productive periods in their lives, one of which always occurs shortly before their deaths; this is true whether the genius lives to 19 or 90. Question: Which of the following is the central theme of the passage?

1. The decline of psychological research on genius
2. An exploration of how genius is perceived and studied
3. A comparison between Einstein and Mozart
4. The supernatural nature of all genius