Question

Hudson works in the product-development department of a large toy company. His job is to take abstract theories of child development and implement them in functional ways so that they can be used to create a toy. According to Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, Hudson would most likely score high on a measure of _____ intelligence.

Answer 1

Answer:

Practical

Explanation:

Sternberg developed a theory in which intelligence has to do with how well the person deals with changes in the environment during the course of their life.

According to this theory, intelligence has three components:

1. Componential: it refers to the usual academic proficiency, it has to do with possessing analytical skills that allow to solve problems in new ways.
2. Experiential: It is based in creativity and flexibility, it has to do with how well one person performs a task based on how familiar this task is. Once the task is performed many times, experience makes it doable with no effort or a little effort required.
3. Practical: this one has to do with context, it refers to how the person can adapt himself/herself to the environment and deal with constantly new situations.

In this example, Hudson work is to take abstract theories of child development and use functional ways so they can be used to create a toy, in this case, Hudson is constantly dealing with new situations, adapting different theories and creating new toys, his tasks don't have to do with performing the same task many times, and although he's always creating toys, each of them is different based on the theories he has to implement.

Therefore, we can say that he would likely score high on a practical measure of intelligence.