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posted by n1 on Monday June 05 2017, @11:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the multiple-guess-tests dept.

At last weekend’s annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in Boston, Cornell University psychologist Robert Sternberg sounded an alarm about the influence of standardized tests on American society. Sternberg, who has studied intelligence and intelligence testing for decades, is well known for his “triarchic theory of intelligence,” which identifies three kinds of smarts: the analytic type reflected in IQ scores; practical intelligence, which is more relevant for real-life problem solving; and creativity. Sternberg offered his views in a lecture associated with receiving a William James Fellow Award from the APS for his lifetime contributions to psychology. He explained his concerns to Scientific American.

[An edited transcript of the interview follows.]

What I argue is that intelligence that’s not modulated and moderated by creativity, common sense and wisdom is not such a positive thing to have. What it leads to is people who are very good at advancing themselves, often at other people’s expense. We may not just be selecting the wrong people, we may be developing an incomplete set of skills—and we need to look at things that will make the world a better place.

-- submitted from IRC

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday June 05 2017, @12:08PM (2 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Monday June 05 2017, @12:08PM (#520678) Journal

    people who are very good at advancing themselves, often at other people’s expense

    Hmm.. that sounds so familiar somehow. I wonder where from.. :-)
    Carly Fiorina?
    Satya Nadella?
    Bernard Madoff?
    Kenneth Lay?
    Charles Koch?
    David Koch?
    Chet Pipkin?

    Or was that the right to repair? riaa? mpaa? seems there's a temporary memory failure ;)

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by SpockLogic on Monday June 05 2017, @12:37PM (1 child)

    by SpockLogic (2762) on Monday June 05 2017, @12:37PM (#520689)

    people who are very good at advancing themselves, often at other people’s expense

    At last an explanation for the proliferation of asshole MBAs.

    --
    Overreacting is one thing, sticking your head up your ass hoping the problem goes away is another - edIII
    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday June 05 2017, @01:26PM

      by kaszz (4211) on Monday June 05 2017, @01:26PM (#520719) Journal

      Derailing by assholes in many small steps until implosion? ;-)