Robert J. Sternberg

Richard K. Wagner

IBM Professor of Psychology and Education Robert J Sternberg, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology Richard K Wagner, PhD

This book discusses the idea that our abilities are dependent on the interaction between our minds and the contexts in which they are found.

Interactionist Perspectives on Human Intelligence

Mind in Context

Elena Grigorenko

George B. Forsythe

Jennifer Hedlund

Joseph A. Horvath

Wendy M. Williams

Scott A. Snook

This path-breaking book reviews psychological research on practical intelligence and describes its importance in everyday life. The authors reveal the importance of tacit knowledge--what we have learned from our own experience, through action. Although it has been seen as an indispensable element of expertise, intelligence researchers have found it difficult to quantify. Based on years of research, Dr. Sternberg and his colleagues have found that tacit knowledge can be quantified and can be taught. This volume thoroughly examines studies of practical intelligence in the United States and in many other parts of the world as well, and for varied occupations, such as management, military leadership, teaching, research, and sales.

Practical Intelligence in Everyday Life

The purpose of this book is to present a broader view of intelligence than simply that which is defined by performance in intelligence tests, and to document the importance of intelligence not only in schools but in everyday life, including both job-related and domestic settings. Practical Intelligence brings together 15 chapters by distinguished experts in the field. It includes four main parts, plus introductory and concluding chapters. The first part deals with intelligence as it operates in job-related settings. The second part deals with intelligence as it operates in other, everyday settings. The third part deals with the development of practical intelligence over the lifespan. The fourth part deals with the relations between practical intelligence, on the one hand, and culture and society, on the other. The chapters represent a diversity of theoretical and methodological perspectives. Together, they offer a comprehensive overview of the current state of thinking about practical intelligence.

Nature and Origins of Competence in the Everyday World

Practical Intelligence

Richard K. Wagner

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