For decades, intelligence was narrowly defined by analytical tests, overlooking crucial real-world capabilities. Psychologist Robert Sternberg introduced "practical intelligence," the ability to adapt ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. IQ tests were built to catch an important but narrow thing: ...

When psychologists talk about exceptional intelligence, the conversation almost always gravitates toward IQ. Our instinct to default to the measurable, scoreable, and rankable quantity is ...

As we navigate modern-day complexities, understanding the way we learn, apply, and adapt knowledge becomes increasingly important. In the 1940s, psychologist Raymond Cattell is credited with ...