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Still Searching for the Zipperump‐a‐Zoo: A Reflection After 40 Years
Author(s) -
Sternberg Robert J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
child development perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1750-8606
pISSN - 1750-8592
DOI - 10.1111/cdep.12113
Subject(s) - psychology , human intelligence , cognitive science , reflection (computer programming) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , programming language
In this article, I describe chronologically my attempts over a 40‐year career to understand the nature of human intelligence. I explain how later attempts built on earlier ones, with each attempt revealing the earlier one to be too limited and narrow in the questions it asked. In my early work, I envisioned intelligence in terms of components of information processing. Later, I viewed these components as contributing to three distinct but related aspects of intelligence: analytical, creative, and practical. I came to realize the importance of contextual factors in determining what constitutes adaptive behavior. Still later, I viewed wisdom as part of the mix. The search has been rewarding, except for the fact that I have not yet completed it and never will.