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Ψ Intelligence

Intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand & profit from experience.

Ψ Sternberg's triarchic theory (3 factors)

     1. analytical - logical - academic
          2. creative - problem-solving
               3. practical

Ψ Sternberg (1986) believes that conventional intelligence tests tell us little about performance in everyday life & suggests a number of reasons why so-called intelligent people fail. They follow:

• lack of motivation
• lack of impulse control
• lack of perseverance
   • fear of failure
    • procrastination
     • inability to delay gratification
      • too little or too much self-confidence

Ψ Sternberg suggests that if intelligence is properly defined & measured it must translate into real-life success.

General Psychology
Robert C. Gates