Sentence examples for practical intelligence of from inspiring English sources

A bit favoring the practical intelligence of a 55-year-old garbage collector over the wisdom of a 28-year-old with three doctorates — "This idiot has been thinking about three things for like 15 years.

To do so we must show, not merely in great crises, but in the everyday affairs of life, the qualities of practical intelligence, of courage, of hardihood, and endurance, and above all the power of devotion to a lofty ideal, which made great the men who founded this Republic in the days of Washington, which made great the men who preserved this Republic in the days of Abraham Lincoln.

Results showed a negative correlation between practical intelligence (knowledge of medical remedies) and academic achievement.

A methodology of evaluating practical intelligence and assessment of faults diagnosis tasks are described and the results of this study are discussed.

Dewey's experimentalist account of democracy as the collective exercise of practical intelligence offers rich resources for evaluating the epistemic powers of particular democratic institutions, and for suggesting reforms to improve these powers.

In this remarkable debut, a range of characters rich in practical intelligence demonstrate the importance of influence.

Dr. Bob Sternberg's theory of successful intelligence includes the skill of practical intelligence, which suggests that successful people either: a) adapt to succeed in their current environment, b) influence their current environment or, if (a) and (b) don't work, c) go on to an environment where they can be successful.

Executives say that a valid test of practical intelligence could be a valuable tool in making hiring decisions, particularly because of the speed with which managers must now make decisions.

In a challenge to the primacy of the standardized tests that millions of Americans have sweated over, the University of Michigan Business School is developing a test of practical intelligence, or common sense, that it hopes will do a better job of identifying future leaders than the Graduate Management Admission Test, or G.M.A.T., does.

Until her death from cancer, in 1996, Olga was a levelheaded balance to Havel's idealism and to his trusting nature; she was a practical intelligence and, through years of harassment and imprisonment, an indefatigable support.

His buildings lack practical intelligence (the metal cladding of the Disney Hall in Los Angeles was found to act like a parabolic mirror and barbecued passers-by with triple concentrated sunshine).