Emerging Role of Intelligence in the World of the Future

During the 20th century, the world experienced an unprecedented rise in people's cognitive abilities. IQs increased 30 points (with the average IQ remaining 100 only because publishers reset the "average" on their tests). Yet, society's ability to confront serious problems in the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sternberg, Robert J., editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basel, Switzerland : MDPI 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why Real-World Problems Go Unresolved and What We Can Do about It: Inferences from a Limited-Resource Model of Successful Intelligence / Robert J. Sternberg
  • Individual Mental Abiities vs. the World's Problems /Jonathan Baron
  • The Strengths of Wisdom Provide Unique Contributions to Improved Leadership, Sustainability, Inequality, Gross National Happiness, and Civic Discourse in the Face of Contemporary World Problems / Igor Grossmann and Justin P. Brienza
  • Creativity as a Stepping Stone toward a Brighter Future / James Kaufman
  • Inequality, Education, Workforce Preparedness, and Complex Problem Solving / Patrick C. Kyllonen
  • When Irrational Biases Are Smart: A Fuzzy-Trace Theory of Complex Decision Making / Valerie Reyna
  • Intellectual Brilliance and Presidential Performance: Why Pure Intelligence (or Openness) Doesn't Suffice / Dean Keith Simonton
  • How to Think Rationally about World Problems / Keith E. Stanovich
  • Speculations on the Role of Successful Intelligence in Solving Contemporary World Problems / Robert J. Sternberg.