AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

ADOLESCENCE PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence, the ability to use one’s capability in a specific situation is ____ intelligence, while the ability to apply information one has learned from the world is ____ intelligence.
A
componential ; experiential
B
experiential; contextual
C
contextual; experiential
D
experiential; componential
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sternberg, contends that there are three types of intelligence: practical (the ability to get along in different contexts), creative (the ability to come up with new ideas), and analytical (the ability to evaluate information and solve problems).

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence, intelligence results from information processing components being applied to experience for the purposes of adaptation to, shaping of, and selection of environments.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sternberg’s theory identifies three types of intelligence: practical, creative, and analytical.

Detailed explanation-4: -Analytical Intelligence Definition and Examples The third and final kind of intelligence in Sternberg’s theory is analytical intelligence. This is the kind of intelligence that involves knowledge acquisition and academic understanding.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sternberg’s triarchic theory The original version of the theory is triarchic in that it argues that intelligence comprises three sets of skills: creative, analytical, and practical. In its augmented version, it specifies the importance of wisdom-based skills as well.

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