Tacit Social Knowledge Acquisition as a Function of General Intelligence and the Ability To Learn and Utilize Uncertain Social Feedback and Contingencies

Abstract

Current research and theories of intelligence support the existence of a social or practical intelligence. The authors of this report adopt components of the triarchic theory of social and practical intelligence and view the ability to acquire tacit social knowledge as a function of general intelligence, the ability to perceive and learn subtle social information and contingencies, and the ability to accurately interpret and combine this information. This theory raises several counterintuitive predictions that are discussed in the report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA260290

Entities

People

  • Henry H. Busciglio
  • Peter J. Legree

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Birds
  • Cognition
  • Concept Formation
  • Educational Psychology
  • Factor Analysis
  • Feedback
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Instructors
  • New York
  • Organization Theory
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Thinking

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.