According to Robert Sternberg, __________ Is Best Described as "Street

question 51

Multiple Choice

According to Robert Sternberg, __________ is best described as "street smarts," or the ability to use information to get along in life. People who have it know how to be tactful, how to manipulate situations to their advantage, and how to use inside information to increase their odds of success.

• A) analytical intelligence
• B) creative intelligence
• C) practical intelligence
• D) none of these

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Definitions:

Performance

An act of executing a task or displaying a skill before an audience, or the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function.

Symbolic Interactionists

Sociologists who focus on the study of how individuals interpret and give meaning to symbols within society, shaping their behaviors and interactions.

Reality

The sum of all that is real or existent, as opposed to that which is merely imaginary; the state of things as they actually exist.

Situation

A situation encompasses the immediate physical and social setting in which people find themselves and in which they engage in behavior and make interpretations about what is happening around them.