Examples of the Availability Heuristic. 1  After seeing news reports about people losing their jobs, you might start to believe that you are in danger of being layed-off. 2  After seeing several television programs on shark attacks, you start to think that such incidences are relatively common.
Overview of Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence. Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence (1977, 1985, 1995) subsumes both Spearmans g and underlying information processing components. Sternberg's theory builds on his earlier componential approach to reasoning. His theory is mostly based on observing Yale graduate students.
Howard Gardner initially formulated a list of seven intelligences. His listing was provisional. The first two have been typically valued in schools; the next three are usually associated with the arts; and the final two are what Howard Gardner called âpersonal intelligencesâ (Gardner 1999: 41-43).