Triarchic Theory of Intelligence - Psychestudy

The triarchic theory of intelligence was formulated by Robert Sternberg in the 1980s. The theory attempts to understand the human intelligence in terms of ... HomeCognitiveIntelligenceTriarchicTheoryofIntelligence Citethisarticleas:PraveenShrestha,"TriarchicTheoryofIntelligence,"inPsychestudy,November18,2017,https://www.psychestudy.com/cognitive/intelligence/triarchic. ThetriarchictheoryofintelligencewasformulatedbyRobertSternberginthe1980s. Thetheoryattemptstounderstandthehumanintelligenceintermsofdistinctcomponentsratherthanasingleability. Thetri-archictheorybySternbergcategorizedintelligenceintothreedifferentaspects. Componential– Analyticskills Experiential–Creativity  Practical–Contextualskills BeforeSternberg,generalintelligencewastheideathatdominatedmostoftheintelligencetheories.However,Sternbergbelievedintelligencetobeamuchmorecomplexsubjectmatter,whichleadhimtoproposeatheorydealingwiththecognitiveapproachtointelligencetheoryratherthanabehavioristicviewpoint.Hebelievedthataperson’sadaptationtothechangingenvironmentandhiscontributionofknowledgeinshapingtheworldaroundthemhadasignificantimportanceindeterminingtheirintelligence. Sternbergalsoarguedthatintelligenttestswerewrongtoignorecreativity,andtherearealwaysotherimportantcharacteristicslikecognitiveprocesses,performancecomponents,planninganddecisionmakingskills,andsoon. KeyfunctionsindifferentaspectsofTri-archictheoryofIntelligence. Keyfunctionsineachaspectsofintelligence Componential Experiential Practical Analyze Create Apply Critique Invent Use Judge Discover Putintopractice Compare/Contrast Imagineif… Implement Evaluate Supposethat Employ Assess Predict RenderPractical Componential– AnalyticalIntelligence AnalyticalIntelligencecanalsobereferredtoasbeingbooksmart.ThisformofintelligenceismoreintermswiththetraditionaldefinitionsofIQandacademicachievement.It’salsocalledcomponentialintelligence.Becauseofitsanalyticalnature,thepersonwithhighanalyticalintelligenceisgoodatproblemsolving.Thesepeoplearegenerallymoreabletoseethesolutionsnotnormallyseen,becauseoftheirabstractthinkingandevaluationskills.Analyzingsomeone’sanalyticalintelligencecanbedonebyfewgeneralquestionslike Howgoodareyouatanalyzingtechnicalproblems? What’syourhistoryofscoringinstandardizedtests? Example: Emmaalwaysscoreshighonstandardizedtests.It’sbecauseofherabilitytoevaluateandanalyzematerialsusingabstractthinkinginordertoachievesolutions. Experiential– CreativeIntelligence Theabilitytoinventnewideasandsolutionswhendealingwithnewsituationsisregardedascreativeintelligence.It’salsoreferredasexperientialintelligence.Thisformofintelligenceisassociatedwithusingexistingknowledgeandskillsinordertodealwithnewproblemsorsituations.Analyzingsomeone’screativeintelligencelevelcanbedonebyfewgeneralquestionslike Howquicklycantheysolveanewproblem? Willtheyautomaticallyresorttoapplyingnewskillinordertodealwiththesituation? Creativeintelligencecanbefurtherdividedintotwocategories. Novelty    :Thisconcernstheabilityofapersontodealwiththeproblemforthefirsttime. Automation :Thisconcernstheabilityofapersontoautomaticallyperformtherepeatedtasks. Example: JamesBondisapersonhighincreativeintelligencebecauseofhisabilitytousehisknowledgeandskillstodealwithnewproblemseverytime. Practical–Contextual Intelligence Insimplewords,practicalintelligencecanbedefinedas street-smart. Theabilityofapersontoadaptinanenvironmentorchangeitaccordinglytobestsuitthepersonalneedsisdubbedaspracticalintelligence.Anotherwaytounderstandsuchtypeofintelligenceisascommonsense.Dealingwiththeeverydaytasksinthebestpossiblemannershowstheperson’sintelligence.Analyzingsomeone’spracticalintelligencelevelcanbedonebyfewgeneralquestionslike Wouldthepersonbetakenadvantageofeasily? Dotheyadjustwelltotheworldaroundthem? Aretheycomfortablewiththedailyadventures? Aperson,whoisstreet-smart,orhighonpracticalintelligence,ismoreabletocopewithconcretesituations. Example: Johnnyisconsideringbuyingasecondhandmotorbike.Asalesman,beingsalesman,wouldobviouslytrytoconthebuyer,butJohnnyisalreadypreparedwithpricecomparisonsandhasmadeuphismindtosaynotounnecessaryextras. CriticalEvaluation ThemajorcriticismabouttheTriarchictheoryofintelligencehasbeenregardingitsunempiricalnature.PsychologistLindaGottfredsonarguedthatit’snotaccuratetoassumetraditionalIQtestsdonotmeasurepracticalintelligences.ResearcheshaveshownpeoplewithhighIQtohavereachedhigherintheircareer,havehigherincome.Also,traditionalanalyticalintelligencealsoshowedcorrelationwithstayingaliveandoutofjail,whichisgenerallycategorizedaspracticalintelligenceorstreetsmarts. Citethisarticleas:PraveenShrestha,"TriarchicTheoryofIntelligence,"inPsychestudy,November18,2017,https://www.psychestudy.com/cognitive/intelligence/triarchic. Whatareotherpeoplereading? reportthisad