Abstract

ABSTRACT Procedures for identifying the gifted often make use of tests of general intelligence, among other assessments. Robert J. Sternberg recently suggested that identification of the gifted should further involve assessment of what he refers to as adaptive intelligence—the ability to adapt to real-world environments. Such a conception of intelligence is consistent with that of early theorists of intelligence, such as Alfred Binet and David Wechsler, and also fits in with more recent ecological approaches to intelligence. This article presents a first attempt at measuring adaptive intelligence in the gifted and presents the results of two exploratory studies measuring the construct.

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