Robert Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg | |
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Sternberg in 2011 | |
| Born | December 8, 1949 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
| Known for | Triarchic theory of intelligence Triangular theory of love Three-process view |
| Awards | James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (1999) E. L. Thorndike Award (2003) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cognitive psychology |
| Institutions | Oklahoma State University, Yale University, Tufts University, University of Wyoming, Cornell University |
| Doctoral advisor | Gordon Bower |
Robert J. Sternberg (born December 8, 1949) is an American psychologist and psychometrician. He is a Professor of Human Development at Cornell University.
Sternberg has a BA from Yale University and a PhD from Stanford University, under advisor Gordon Bower. He holds thirteen honorary doctorates from two North American, one South American, one Asian, and nine European universities, and additionally holds an honorary professorship at the University of Heidelberg, in Germany. He is a Distinguished Associate of the Psychometrics Centre at the University of Cambridge.
Among his major contributions to psychology, the most notable are the triarchic theory of intelligence and several influential theories related to creativity, wisdom, thinking styles, love, hate, and leadership. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Sternberg as the 60th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.