Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Variations in Psychological Attributes

Question:

Who among the following viewed intelligence as “the ability to adapt, to shape and select environment to accomplish one’s goals and those of one’s society and culture”?

Options:

Robert Sternberg

Arthur Jensen

Howard Gardner

J.P. Guilford

Correct Answer:

Robert Sternberg

Explanation:

Robert Sternberg (1985) proposed the triarchic theory of intelligence. Sternberg views intelligence as “the ability to adapt, to shape and select environment to accomplish one’s goals and those of one’s society and culture”