Based on solid refereed research, the authors explain how to make the most of developing intellect.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert J. Sternberg is Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology at Tufts University. Prior to being at Tufts, he was IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, Professor of Management in the School of Management, and Director of the Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise at Yale University. This center, now relocated to Tufts, is dedicated to the advancement of theory, research, practice, and policy advancing the notion of intelligence as developing expertise, as a construct that is modifiable and capable, to some extent, of development throughout the lifespan. The Center seeks to have an impact on science, education, and society. Sternberg was the 2003 President of the American Psychological Association and is the 2006-2007 President of the Eastern Psychological Association. He was on the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association and the Board of Trustees of the APA Insurance Trust. He is currently on the Board of Trustees of the American Psychological Foundation and on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Psychological Association as well as of the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Sternberg received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1975 and his B.A. from Yale University. He holds honorary doctorates from eight universities. He is the author of over 1,100 journal articles, chapters, and books. He focuses his research on intelligence, creativity, and wisdom and has studied love and close relationships as well as hate. This research has been conducted on five different continents.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Views of intelligence 2. The theory of successful human intelligence 3. Metacognition: thinking with metacomponents 4. Advanced problem-solving steps 5. Cognitive processing: performance components (I) 6. Cognitive processing: performance components (II) 7. Logical reasoning and analysis of arguments: performance components (III) 8. Inference and inferential fallacies 9. Knowledge-acquisition components 10. Coping with novelty 11. Deciding for creativity 12. Automatizing information processing 13. Practical intelligence 14. Why intelligent people fail (too often).
