Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He conducts research on a variety of topics, including human intelligence, creativity, wisdom, ethics, leadership, thinking styles, love, and hate.
Early Life and Educational Background
Sternberg was born in Newark New Jersey in 1949. His father sold buttons and threads, and his mother was a housewife. Neither was graduated from high school. He attended public schools in Maplewood, NJ. Sternberg’s B.A. is from Yale (summa cum laude, honors with exceptional distinction in psychology), and his Ph.D. in psychology is from Stanford. Sternberg also holds 13 honorary doctorates from universities in 12 different nations.
Sternberg’s interest in psychology, in general, and in individual differences, in particular, dates back to elementary school, when he did poorly on the group intelligence tests that were given on a regular basis in his...
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Sternbeg, R. J. (1988). The triarchic mind. New York: Viking.
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Sternberg, R. J. (1986). A triangular theory of love. Psychological Review, 93, 119–135.
Sternberg, R. J. (1990). Metaphors of mind. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Sternberg, R. J. (1997b). Thinking styles. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Sternberg, R. J. (1998b). Cupid’s arrow. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (1998c). Love is a story. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (2003). Wisdom, intelligence, and creativity synthesized. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (2004). Culture and intelligence. American Psychologist, 59(5), 325–338.
Sternberg, R. J. (2007). A systems model of leadership: WICS. American Psychologist, 62(1), 34–42.
Sternberg, R. J. (2010). College admissions for the 21st century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (2012). A model for ethical reasoning. Review of General Psychology, 16, 319–326.
Sternberg, R. J. (2014a). The development of adaptive competence. Developmental Review, 34, 208–224.
Sternberg, R. J. (2014b). I study what I stink at: Lessons learned from a career in psychology. Annual Review of Psychology, 65, 1–16.
Sternberg, R. J. (2015). Still searching for the Zipperumpazoo: A reflection after 40 years. Child Development Perspectives, 9(2), 106–110.
Sternberg, R. J. (2016). What universities can be. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2007). Teaching for successful intelligence (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.
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Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2017). Cognitive psychology (7th ed.). Boston: Cengage.
Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2016). The psychologist’s companion (6th ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., Wagner, R. K., Williams, W. M., & Horvath, J. A. (1995). Testing common sense. American Psychologist, 50(11), 912–927.
Sternberg, R. J., Powell, C., McGrane, P. A., & McGregor, S. (1997). Effects of a parasitic infection on cognitive functioning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 3, 67–76.
Sternberg, R. J., Forsythe, G. B., Hedlund, J., Horvath, J., Snook, S., Williams, W. M., Wagner, R. K., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2000). Practical intelligence in everyday life. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., Grigorenko, E. L., & Kidd, K. K. (2005). Intelligence, race, and genetics. American Psychologist, 60(1), 46–59.
Sternberg, R. J., Kaufman, J. C., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2008). Applied intelligence. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., Jarvin, L., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2011). Explorations of the nature of giftedness. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Sternberg, R.J. (2020). Sternberg, Robert J.. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_438
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