Typical texts develop students' knowledge while only minimally developing the general skills they will need for success in school and in life. The goal of our text is to assist students in acquiring the most important skills for facing the diverse challenges life presents. The book contains an overview of theories of intelligence, but itself is based in large part on a theory according to which individuals need creative skills to generate new ideas and a vision for the future, analytical skills to make sure that the vision is a good one, and practical skills to execute the ideas and to persuade other people of their value. The book considers key skills in problem solving, logical reasoning, analysis of arguments, knowledge acquisition, creative and practical thinking, automatizing information processing, and avoiding life traps that derail even the most intelligent among us.
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"If you are interested in advice on how to improve your intelligence from the world's leading expert on the psychology of intelligence and his distinguished colleagues, then this book should be on your bookshelf."
--Richard E. Mayer, PsycCritiques
"A new book by Robert Sternberg is an event to look forward to...., Applied Intelligence, written with James C. Kaufman and Elena L. Grigorenko, is a text intended for undergraduate and graduate students, and as such it is written in a style that is exceptionally accessible...., the book is thorough in its coverage, well structured, and potentially very useful for anyone looking for a good source of up-to-date information on the state of the science of theorising about and measuring cognitive capacity....a very worthwhile addition to the armory of those who seek to educate their students properly—as opposed to letting platitudes and clichés do the talking—about the concept of intelligence, its history and the applicability to daily life of many of the research findings it has generated."
--Catherine Scott, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, Education Review
--Richard E. Mayer, PsycCritiques
"A new book by Robert Sternberg is an event to look forward to...., Applied Intelligence, written with James C. Kaufman and Elena L. Grigorenko, is a text intended for undergraduate and graduate students, and as such it is written in a style that is exceptionally accessible...., the book is thorough in its coverage, well structured, and potentially very useful for anyone looking for a good source of up-to-date information on the state of the science of theorising about and measuring cognitive capacity....a very worthwhile addition to the armory of those who seek to educate their students properly—as opposed to letting platitudes and clichés do the talking—about the concept of intelligence, its history and the applicability to daily life of many of the research findings it has generated."
--Catherine Scott, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, Education Review
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Based on a unified theory developed and tested within the framework of modern cognitive psychological research, the authors give instruction and exercises for the development of thinking, cover reasoning, problem solving, creative and practical skills, explaining how to make the most of developing intellect.
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An Excellent Text on Becoming Smarter
26 Dec 2010
By Donna Wilson, Ph.D.
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Applied Intelligence provides a contemporary and broad framework for understanding human intelligence needed for both individual and group success in the 21st Century. After a brief summary of theories of intelligence this research based and practical college level text defines, discusses, and summarizes Robert Sternberg's three part theory. According to this timely theory in order to succeed today and in coming years we need 1) to problem solve creatively and be able to envision the future, 2) to be able to use analytic skills to gather, process, and evaluate critical information, and 3) to be able to use practical skills necessary to bring forth visionary ideas into the world and communicate effectively so that others understand their importance.
Additionally, Applied Intelligence provides practical principles for becoming functionally smarter, thus illustrating perhaps the most important premise of Robert Sternberg's work - that we can become smarter through focused effort. As an example, in a chapter devoted to metacognition, readers learn how to improve their ability to define a problem. In this example, as well as throughout the book, the authors offer practical suggestions to such cognitive problems and many specific exercises to illustrate various aspects of problem solving across a variety of contexts. Other examples of content include knowledge-acquisition, performance components of cognition including logical reasoning and analysis of arguments, coping with novelty, creativity, practical intelligence, and automatizing information processing. Both verbal and perceptual examples are given throughout the book. It is important to note that the exercises are meant to be used not only to develop an understanding of cognition and intellectual performance, but also as a way to improve performance. An important final chapter discusses twenty stumbling blocks to success such as lack of motivation, failure to initiate, and blame that can keep individuals from actualizing their potential.
Donna Wilson, Ph.D.
Additionally, Applied Intelligence provides practical principles for becoming functionally smarter, thus illustrating perhaps the most important premise of Robert Sternberg's work - that we can become smarter through focused effort. As an example, in a chapter devoted to metacognition, readers learn how to improve their ability to define a problem. In this example, as well as throughout the book, the authors offer practical suggestions to such cognitive problems and many specific exercises to illustrate various aspects of problem solving across a variety of contexts. Other examples of content include knowledge-acquisition, performance components of cognition including logical reasoning and analysis of arguments, coping with novelty, creativity, practical intelligence, and automatizing information processing. Both verbal and perceptual examples are given throughout the book. It is important to note that the exercises are meant to be used not only to develop an understanding of cognition and intellectual performance, but also as a way to improve performance. An important final chapter discusses twenty stumbling blocks to success such as lack of motivation, failure to initiate, and blame that can keep individuals from actualizing their potential.
Donna Wilson, Ph.D.
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