Robert J. Sternberg
Author of Cognitive Psychology
About the Author
Robert J. Sternberg is IBM Professor of Psychology and Education and director of PACE, the Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise at Yale University. He is a widely known expert on intelligence testing and the author or editor of some sixty books
Works by Robert J. Sternberg
Successful Intelligence: How Practical and Creative Intelligence Determine Success in Life (1996) 111 copies
The Psychologist's Companion: A Guide to Scientific Writing for Students and Researchers (1988) 67 copies
Psychologists Defying the Crowd: Stories of Those Who Battled the Establishment and Won (2003) 17 copies
Human Abilities: An Information-Processing Approach (Series of Books in Psychology) (1985) 16 copies
Perspectives on Thinking, Learning, and Cognitive Styles (Educational Psychology Series) (2001) 14 copies
Assessing College Student Learning: Evaluating Alternative Models, Using Multiple Methods (2011) 10 copies
Definitions and Conceptions of Giftedness (Essential Readings in Gifted Education Series) (2004) 7 copies
What Universities Can Be: A New Model for Preparing Students for Active Concerned Citizenship and Ethical Leadership (2016) 7 copies
Optimizing Student Success in School with the Other Three RS: Reasoning, Resilience, and Responsibility (Research in… (2005) 6 copies
Intelligence, Instruction, and Assessment: Theory Into Practice (Educational Psychology Series) (1998) 4 copies
The Psychologist's Companion for Undergraduates: A Guide to Success for College Students (2017) 4 copies
Scientists making a difference : one hundred eminent behavioral and brain scientists talk about their most important… (2016) 4 copies
The Psychologist's Companion: A Guide to Professional Success for Students, Teachers, and Researchers (2016) 3 copies
Intelligence and Technology: The Impact of Tools on the Nature and Development of Human Abilities (2005) 3 copies
Investigar en psicología: una guía para la elaboración de textos científicos dirigida a estudiantes, investigadores… (1996) 2 copies
The Cambridge Handbook of the Intellectual History of Psychology (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) (2019) 2 copies
Intelligence, information processing, and analogical reasoning : the componential analysis of human abilities (1977) 2 copies
Ethical principles for the behavioral and brain sciences : case studies and commentaries (2015) 2 copies
Enseñar a pensar 1 copy
Human Intelligence 1 copy
Cognition 1 copy
Inteligencia exitosa cómo una inteligencia práctica y creativa determina el éxito en la vida (1997) 1 copy
Warum der Gärtner nie auf die Prinzessin hereinfällt. Das verborgene Drehbuch unserer Beziehungen. (2002) 1 copy
Making school reform work : a "mineralogical" theory of school modifiability (Fastback) (2000) 1 copy
Teorie dell’Intelligenza 1 copy
La psicologia dell'amore 1 copy
Associated Works
Psychological Science Under Scrutiny: Recent Challenges and Proposed Remedies (2017) — Contributor — 7 copies
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- Legal name
- Sternberg, Robert Jeffrey
- Birthdate
- 1949-12-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Places of residence
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Education
- Yale University, (BA, psychology, 1972)
Stanford University (PhD, psychology, 1975) - Occupations
- Professor of Human Development
psychologist - Organizations
- Yale University
Tufts University
Oklahoma State University
American Psychological Association
National Academy of Education
Cornell University - Awards and honors
- E. L. Thorndike Award
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cattell Award
Grawemeyer Award (2018)
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Reviews
The two stars are for substance
The subject matter was right up my alley, and in the end, the content didn’t let me down, but I found the writing unnecessarily complex, and the inclusion of the statistical deductions and process with references as a part of the text was a burden on the reader. It would have been a great book had it been boiled down to the point with the nitty gritty detail in an appendix for the few people who want to peruse the cracks and split hairs. This being said...if it’s a subject of interest to you, don’t let my review stop you from reading it; you can skip parts to get to his points, which were interesting and thought provoking.… (more)
The subject matter was right up my alley, and in the end, the content didn’t let me down, but I found the writing unnecessarily complex, and the inclusion of the statistical deductions and process with references as a part of the text was a burden on the reader. It would have been a great book had it been boiled down to the point with the nitty gritty detail in an appendix for the few people who want to peruse the cracks and split hairs. This being said...if it’s a subject of interest to you, don’t let my review stop you from reading it; you can skip parts to get to his points, which were interesting and thought provoking.… (more)
Very good guide; recommend highly.
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- Works
- 144
- Also by
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- Members
- 2,156
- Popularity
- #11,921
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 465
- Languages
- 11
- Favorited
- 2
The subject matter was right up my alley, and in the end, the content didn’t let me down, but I found the writing unnecessarily complex, and the inclusion of the statistical deductions and process with references as a part of the text was a burden on the reader. It would have been a great book had it been boiled down to the point with the nitty gritty detail in an appendix for the few people who want to peruse the cracks and split hairs. This being said...if it’s a subject of interest to you, don’t let my review stop you from reading it; you can skip parts to get to his points, which were interesting and thought provoking.… (more)