Sternberg's experiential intelligence involves:

The correct answer is Option (3) → creative performance

Sternberg’s triarchic theory has three types of intelligence: componential, experiential and contextual.

Option (1) the ability to learn from school events — Incorrect. Doing well at school goes with componential or analytical intelligence: people high on it think analytically and critically and succeed in schools.

Option (2) the ability to manipulate people’s opinion — Incorrect. None of the three types is defined as influencing others’ opinions. Dealing with people and everyday demands comes closest to contextual or practical intelligence, ‘street smartness’, which is about adapting to the environment, not manipulating opinion.

Option (3) creative performance — Correct. Experiential or creative intelligence is involved in using past experiences creatively to solve novel problems. It is reflected in creative performance. People high on it integrate different experiences in an original way to make new discoveries and inventions.

Option (4) basic cognitive skills — Incorrect. Basic skills of analysing information belong to componential intelligence, with its knowledge acquisition, meta and performance components. Experiential intelligence goes beyond them to creative use of experience.