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gencestheoryincludesten
5primaryabilities:linguistic,logical-mathematical,spatial,
musical,bodily-kinaesthetic,interpersonal,intrapersonal,naturalist,spiritualandexis-
tential.Theexistenceofthelasttwoisspeculative.Basically,thetheoryaimsatidenti-
fyingaperson’sprofileofnaturalcompetenciesandtryingbothtodeveloptheseand
improveweakpoints.Thistheoryhasbeengainingincreasingpopularity,especially
amongeducatorsandforeignlanguagepedagogues.Nevertheless,ithasmetwithstrong
criticismfromprofessionalintelligenceresearchersand,consequently,israrelytreated
asatrulyscientifictheoryofhumanabilityforanumberofreasons.Firstofall,sinceits
emergencein1983,noempiricaltestsofthetheoryhavebeenpublished.Secondly,the
theoreticalbasisofthetheoryishighlyselectiveandnotrelatedtoresearchintointelli-
gence.Thirdly,theinclusionofsuccessiveintelligencesbyitsauthorcastsdoubtasto
whethertheyareintelligences,orratherspecificabilitiesorinterests.Moreover,the
theorylackspsychometricallystrongassessments,withoutwhichitcannotbevalidated
(Sternberg,2004;Nęcka,2003).
Sternberg,apersistentopponentofthetraditional,psychometricnotionofintelli-
genceandspecificabilities(1985,1990,1997,1998,2002,2004)proposedaTriarchic
TheoryofHumanIntelligence.TosomeextentitissimilartoGardner’stheoryofMulti-
pleIntelligences(1983),butitproposesthattherearethreeparticularlyimportantas-
pectsofabilities:analyticabilitiesusedinanalysing,judging,comparingandcon-
trasting;creativeabilitiesusedincreating,inventinganddiscovering;andpractical
abilitiesusedtoimplementourknowledge.Thistheory,astheauthorclaims,mightbe
usefulasabasisformatchingabilities,instructionandassessment.Thetheorycomprises
threesubtheories:thecomponential,theexperientialandthecontextual.Thecomponen-
tialtheorydescribesprocessesinvolvedinhumanabilities.Thereare:metacomponent
processesincludingexecutiveprocessesusedtoplan,monitorandevaluateone’sactivi-
ties,performanceprocesses,whichincludeencodingstimuli,inferringrelationsbetween
stimuliandapplyingrules;andknowledge-acquisitionprocesses,whichencompass
selectiveencoding,comparisonandcombinationofinformation.Sternbergfoundthat
moreintelligentpeoplespendmoretimeonmetacomponentialplanningthanlessintelli-
gentones.Thegfactormightbeplacedwithinthegroupofmetacomponentprocesses.
Theexperientialsubtheoryreferstothelevelsofexperiencerelevanttointelligence,
namelynoveltyandautomatisation.Newactivitiesandproblemsrequireacquiringnew
skillsthatarefirstcontrolledandonlylaterbecomeautomatised.Automatisationconsti-
tutesadifferencebetweenanoviceandanexpert.Finally,thecontextualsubtheory
approachesthecomponentsofintelligencefromtheadaptationperspective.Peopleusu-
allytrytoadapttotheexistingenvironmentorchooseanewone(Sternberg,1997).
Thus,thismodeldefinesabilitiesasaconglomerateofknowledge,cognitivestrategies
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5Originally,thereweresevenintelligences.Thelastthree:naturalist,spiritualandexistentialwere
addedlater(Gardner,1999).
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