Adaptive Intelligence is a dramatic reappraisal and reframing of the concept of human intelligence. In a sweeping analysis, Robert J. Sternberg argues that we are using a fatally-flawed, outdated conception of intelligence; one which may promote technological advancement, but which has also accelerated climate change, pollution, the use of weaponry, and inequality. Instead of focusing on the narrow academic skills measured by standardized tests, societies should teach and assess adaptive intelligence, defined as the use of collective talent in service of the common good. This book describes why the outdated notion of intelligence persists, what adaptive intelligence is, and how it could lead humankind on a more positive path.
| ISBN: | 9781107154384 |
| Publication date: | 4th February 2021 |
| Author: | Robert J. (Cornell University, New York) Sternberg |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 250 pages |
| Genres: |
Cognition and cognitive psychology |