The Trouble with Geniuses, Pt. II  The trouble with Langan…

Theory of Successful Intelligence

Academic vs. Practical Intelligence  Academic intelligence – What standardized tests of cognitive ability measure (e.g., reasoning)

Academic vs. Practical Intelligence  Practical intelligence – Based on knowledge that is procedural rather than factual; is usually learned without help of others; and is personally relevant to the learner

Academic vs. Practical Intelligence

Successful intelligence is defined as the ability to balance the needs to adapt to, shape and select environments in order to attain success, however one defines it, within one’s own socio-cultural context. - Robert Sternberg

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Robert Oppenheimer “His parents considered him a genius”

Concerted Cultivation So where does practical intelligence come from? We know where analytical intelligence comes from. It’s something, at least in part, that’s in your genes…But social savvy is knowledge. It’s a set of skills that have to be learned. It has to come from somewhere, and the place where we seem to get these kinds of attitudes and skills is from our families.

Concerted Cultivation Practical Intelligence

Concerted Cultivation This is the advantage that Oppenheimer had and that Chris Langan lacked. Oppenheimer was raised in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Manhattan, the son of an artist and a successful garment manufacturer. His childhood was the embodiment of concerted cultivation.

Concerted Cultivation Chris Langan, by contrast, had only the bleakness of Bozeman, and a home dominated by an angry, drunken, stepfather.

Keeping Malcolm Honest  Problems with Practical Intelligence Where prediction of work performance is concerned, it is not clear that it is distinct from job knowledge.

Keeping Malcolm Honest  Problems with Practical Intelligence Practical intelligence and general intelligence are not orthogonal, in the strictest sense of the term (r = 0)

Keeping Malcolm Honest Practical Intelligence General Intelligence Orthogonal – Statistically independent (i.e., r = 0)

APA Style: Some Basics Organizing your paper Title appears on first page Make use of headers for readability (You do NOT need an abstract)

APA Style: Some Basics Citations Cite references in text as follows: In a study by Kopiez and Lee (2006)…or In a study of piano experts (Kopiez & Lee, 2006)

APA Style: Some Basics Citations Reference section Kopiez, R., & Lee, J. I. (2006). Towards a dynamic model of skills involved in sight reading music. Music Education Research, 10,

APA Style: Some Basics Citations Reference section Kopiez, R., & Lee, J. I. (2006). Towards a dynamic model of skills involved in sight reading music. Music Education Research, 10,

Title Level 1 Header The purpose of this paper is to explore factors that contribute to success in professional wrestling. Level 2 header. The specific question that I will focus on in this paper is whether professional wrestlers, such as Rowdy Roddy Piper and Rick Flair, can be considered geniuses. Double-spaced, 1-inch margins