Robert Sternberg

About

Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University. He is also the editor of Perspectives on Psychological Sciences. He is a world-renowned psychologist whose research includes topics such as intelligence, creativity, wisdom, leadership, ethical reasoning, thinking styles, love and hate.

Research topics

• Psychology
• Sociology
• Gender studies
• Ecology
• Cognitive science
• Engineering
• Philosophy
• Management science
• Mathematics education
• Social psychology

Selected publications

• Conceptions of Giftedness

  Routledge eBooks · 2020 · 929 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Talent is arguably the most precious natural resource a society can have. The purpose of this book is to present alternative conceptions of just what giftedness is how it can be measured, and how it can be developed in both children and adults. Conceptions of Giftedness consists of eighteen chapters by distinguished contributors to theory and research. It is divided into six parts. The first, an editorial introduction, offers a 'map of the terrain', and puts the chapters that follow in unified p…

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• The Psychology of Human Thought

  2020 · 384 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  An account of new cognitive theory and research on thinking. One chapter focuses on the development of different methodologies for research on thinking. The final chapter, by P.N.Johnson-Laird, integrates the diverse phenomena discussed by means of a taxonomy of thinking.

• The Legacy: Coming to Terms With the Origins and Development of the Gifted-Child Movement

  Roeper Review · 2021 · 32 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  The field of gifted education, historically and contemporarily, is not well-known for being equitable for underrepresented students, specifically, Black, Hispanic, Native American, among others. In this article, we present a short history of gifted education with attention to key historical figures who have significantly shaped the field; their influence continues to impact theories and measurement to this very day. We share our reservations, along with 10 assumptions that we believe need to be…

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• <scp>PTSI</scp>: A Person × Task × Situation Interaction Theory of Creativity

  The Journal of Creative Behavior · 2025-03-20 · 9 citations

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  ABSTRACT This article presents the PTSI (Person × Task × Situation Interaction) theory of creativity. The theory deals with the creative person, the deployment of creativity in tasks, the ecological context in which this deployment takes place, and the types of creative products that result. The theory draws upon a wide range of previous work. The article opens with an introduction to some major issues. Then it moves on to a review of past theoretical frameworks for understanding creativity. Nex…

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• Transformational wisdom

  Possibility Studies & Society · 2024-12-26 · 9 citations

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  Transformational wisdom involves the application of knowledge, abilities, and attitudes to achieve a common good that makes a positive, paradigm-defying, meaningful, and potentially enduring transformative difference to the world for multitudes of people. There are various kinds of transformational wisdom, all of which can be contrasted with transactional wisdom, which is acting wisely merely in exchange for some kind of compensation. Pseudo-transformational wisdom is the appearance of transform…

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Frequent coauthors

• Elena L. Grigorenko

  Yale University

  182 shared

• Karin Sternberg

  Cornell University

  94 shared

• James C. Kaufman

  University of Connecticut

  67 shared

• Linda Jarvin

  52 shared

• Judith Glück

  University of Klagenfurt

  30 shared

• Elena L. Grigorenko

  29 shared

• Sareh Karami

  Mississippi State University

  26 shared

• Todd Lubart

  Laboratoire de Psychologie et d’Ergonomie Appliquées

  25 shared

Education

• B.A., Psychology

  Yale University

  1971

• M.A., Psychology

  Yale University

  1972

• Ph.D., Psychology

  Yale University

  1975

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