Inteligência segundo Sternberg

Intelligence

The conventional view of intelligence is that it is some relatively stable attribute of individuals, which develops as an interaction between heredity and environment.

Conventional tests of intelligence and related abilities measure achievement that individuals should have mastered several years before.

Tests such as those of vocabulary, reading comprehension, verbal analogies, arithmetic problem solving, and the like are, in part all tests of achievement.

Even abstract reasoning tests measure achievement in dealing with geometric symbols, which are skills taught in Western schools.

(...)Developing expertise is defined here as the ongoing process of the acquisition and consolidation of a set of skills needed for a high level of mastery in one or more domains of life performance.

Extraído de "Practical Intelligence in everyday life" Robert J. Sternberg (p1)

Sternberg proposes three intelligences in human cognition.

• Analytical intelligence is the ability to analyze and evaluate ideas, solve problems and make decisions.
• Creative intelligence involves going beyond what is given to generate novel and interesting ideas.
• Practical intelligence is the ability that individuals use to find the best fit between themselves and the demands of the environment.

The three intelligences, or as he also calls them three abilities, comprise what Sternberg calls Successful Intelligence: "the integrated set of abilities needed to attain success in life, however an individuals defines it, within his or her sociocultural context."

Sternberg's attempts to establish the validity of practical intelligence as a construct have yielded significant empirical work and criticism. As such, it provides a window on the issues and ideas at the core of this debate.

Practical Intelligence