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Speculations on the Role of Successful Intelligence in Solving Contemporary World Problems †

In this article, I argue that conventional views of intelligence and its measurement have contributed toward at least some of the societal problems of today. I suggest that to escape from a degenerative process, society needs to consider the importance not only of intelligence, as conventionally def...

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Autor principal: Sternberg, Robert J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6480739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31162431
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence6010004
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description In this article, I argue that conventional views of intelligence and its measurement have contributed toward at least some of the societal problems of today. I suggest that to escape from a degenerative process, society needs to consider the importance not only of intelligence, as conventionally defined but also of successful intelligence, involving in addition to conventional analytical intelligence, common sense, creativity, and wisdom.
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spelling pubmed-64807392019-05-29 Speculations on the Role of Successful Intelligence in Solving Contemporary World Problems † Sternberg, Robert J. J Intell Commentary In this article, I argue that conventional views of intelligence and its measurement have contributed toward at least some of the societal problems of today. I suggest that to escape from a degenerative process, society needs to consider the importance not only of intelligence, as conventionally defined but also of successful intelligence, involving in addition to conventional analytical intelligence, common sense, creativity, and wisdom. MDPI 2018-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6480739/ /pubmed/31162431 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence6010004 Text en © 2018 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6480739/
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