Dr. Robert J. Sternberg, one of the foremost experts on IQ tests, will speak on “Successful Intelligence: Why IQ, SAT Scores, and the Whole Alphabet Soup are not Enough” on Thursday, April 11, at 4:15 p.m. in Balch Auditorium on the Scripps College campus. Sponsored through the Marion Jane Girard Memorial Lectureship and the Scripps College Psychology Department, this event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Mary Jane Prothro at (909) 607-3249.
Author of numerous books including Successful Intelligence: How Practical and Creative Intelligence Determine Success in Life, Dr. Sternberg gained notoriety for his innovative study of human intelligence and contributions to the field of intelligence theory. His investigations into mental exercises required in standardized testing led him to write the groundbreaking Beyond IQ: A Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence, in which he proposed a three-part model for describing and measuring mental ability: componential, experiential, and contextual.
Currently Sternberg is the IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University and leads a research team at Yale’s Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise (PACE ). Collaborating with teams in Israel, Tanzania, France, Norway, and Spain on various projects, Sternberg’s work focuses on the problems of human intelligence and intellectual functions, bridging cognitive, developmental, and social psychology. Ongoing areas of study include: matching of instruction and assessment with patterns of abilities; effectiveness of various kinds of thinking-based instruction; tacit knowledge for leadership effectiveness; the nature of wisdom; information-processing bases of second-language aptitude; and teachers’ mental models of student abilities.
Dr. Sternberg earned his bachelor’s from Yale University and his doctorate from Stanford University.
Named in honor of Marion Jane Girard, the Girard Memorial Lectureship was established in 1960 by Joseph and Margaret Ann Girard, to enable Scripps College Psychology Department to sponsor distinguished speakers in the field of psychology, psychiatry, and mental health.