Mind in Context: Interactionist Perspectives on Human IntelligenceIBM Professor of Psychology and Education Robert J Sternberg, PhD, Robert J. Sternberg, Richard K. Wagner, Associate Professor of Psychology Richard K Wagner, PhD The essays in Mind in Context serve as a bridge between the work of radical constructivists, who propose that all cognition depends on interaction with the outside world, and traditional cognitive scientists, who feel that all cognition resides in the mind. Here, concepts of distributed cognition and situated learning are translated into constructs and methodologies that are accessible to a broad range of psychology researchers and students. The volume is divided into three main parts, containing chapters by leaders in the fields of education, the study of intelligence, and psychometrics. Part I, dealing with performances in academic and test-like tasks, includes essays on novelty and intelligence, and the effects of context on cognition. Part II addresses everyday tasks, with essays on cognitive tests in job selection; and leader intelligence, interpersonal stress, and task performance. In Part III the essays move toward constructing an integrative framework for understanding the volume as a whole. This volume is essential reading for cognitive psychologists, social psychologists, educational psychologists as well as scholars interested in situated learning. |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
Abilities in academic tasks | 3 |
Novelty and intelligence | 38 |
The effects of context on cognition postcards from Brazil | 74 |
Everyday tasks | 103 |
The role of problem interpretations in understanding the development of everyday problem solving | 105 |
Context counts the case of cognitiveability testing for job selection | 133 |
Leader intelligence interpersonal stress and task performance | 152 |
General perspectives | 169 |
When minds meet interactions coincidence and development in domains of ability | 171 |
From intelligence to knowledge construction a sociogenetic process approach | 202 |
PRSVL an integrative framework for understanding mind in context | 218 |
Name index | 233 |
| 239 | |
Other editions - View all
Mind in Context: Interactionist Perspectives on Human Intelligence Robert J. Sternberg,Richard K. Wagner No preview available - 1994 |
Common terms and phrases
ability academic activities adaptation adults analysis applicants approach aspects associated behavior Berg Cambridge chapter child cognitive complex components concept consider construction context correlations developmental domain Educational effect environment estimates everyday problem example experience experimental factors Figure findings functions given human important indicated individual influence instructional intellectual intelligence interactions interpersonal interpretations involved job performance Journal kinds knowledge leaders learning less mean measures memory mental nature novel novelty organization particular person perspective practical predictive presented Press problem solving processes psychology question ratings reasoning reference relationship represent requires response role scores selection similar situation Snow social specific Sternberg strategies stress structure subjects suggests task tests theory transfer treatment types understanding University utility validity values variables verbal York
References to this book
Bibliographic information
| Title | Mind in Context: Interactionist Perspectives on Human Intelligence Mind in Context: Interactionist Perspectives on Human Intelligence, Robert J. Sternberg |
| Editors | IBM Professor of Psychology and Education Robert J Sternberg, PhD, Robert J. Sternberg, Richard K. Wagner, Associate Professor of Psychology Richard K Wagner, PhD |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0521422876, 9780521422871 |
| Length | 245 pages |
| Subjects | › Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition Psychology / Personality |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |