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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.
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Monday June 05 2017, @10:35PM
>People have only a duty to themselves, and to fulfil the obligations they undertake.
By that logic, if you are a threat to the well being or prosperity of me and mine in your quest to advance yourself at my expense, directly or via your social impact, I should simply eliminate you.
I don't, because I also recognize a duty to the society in which I live and on which my lifestyle is completely dependent. And part of that duty is respecting the existence of others, and NOT advancing myself without any regard for what it costs them.