Listen to a psychology professor as he begins of his class.
Recent research indicates that commonly used models of the intelligence are too narrow. Last time we begun talking about Sternberg's three part models intelligence. You will record that his theory includes some aspects of intelligence thatm haven't been considered in the traditional intelligence testing. Today, we will take up one part of Sternberg's theory. In this part, he tries to account for the relationships of the intelligence to the environment. Intelligential people tend to use the environment to accomplish their goals. This is done in three ways: by adapting to the environment, by changing the environment, or by selecting out of the environment. Let's look at how it takes into the case. Suppose your roommate always studies with radio on. You know that you need quiet in order to concentrate and thus use your study time effectively. You could try wearing ears plugs when you study, that would be adaptation. Or you could set up a new study corner for yourself far from the radio, that's changing the environment. Finally, you could change rooms and find new roommate, that's selecting out of the environment. Whichever solution you choose, you are showing intelligent behavior because you are aware of the effect of the environment has on your ability to study. Of course, you might say why don't just I talk to my roommate about the problem. That brings us to a different part of Sternberg's model—interpersonal intelligence.