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INTELLIGENT

BEHAVIOR

(UNDERSTANDING THE SELF)

INTELLIGENT

BEHAVIOR

is the capability of using one's knowledge about the world to make decisions in novel situations.

14 INTELLIGENT BEHAVIORS

PERSISTENCE NOT GIVING UP WHEN THE ANSWER TO A PROBLEM IS NOT IMMEDIATELY KNOWN.

LISTENING TO OTHERS SOME COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGISTS THINK THAT THE ABILITY TO LISTEN TO ANOTHER PERSON AND UNDERSTAND THEIR POINT OF VIEW

FLEXIBILITY IN THINKING

CONSIDERING OTHER POINTS

OF VIEW RATHER THAN RUNNING

WITH THE FIRST POSSIBILITY.

CHECKING FOR ACCURACY

AND PRECISION

NOT LETTING SPEED SURPASS

YOUR DESIRE FOR

CRAFTSMANSHIP.

QUESTIONING AND PROBLEM

POSING

ASKING QUESTIONS AND FINDING

OUT PROBLEMS FOR YOURSELF.

PRECISION OF LANGUAGE AND

THOUGHT

USING MORE DESCRIPTIVE TERMS

TO DISTINGUISH OBJECTS, AND

PROVIDING CRITERIA FOR VALUE

JUDGMENTS.

USING ALL THE SENSES

FEELING, SEEING, HEARING, AND EVEN TASTING

LIVING WITH A SENSE OF

WONDERMENT, INQUISITIVENESS

AND CURIOSITY

OPENNESS TO BEAUTY,

INTRICACY, COMPLEXITY AND

SIMPLICITY.

COOPERATION

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE

THINKING AND LEARNING THAT

CAN ONLY COME AS A RESULT OF

SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.

SMART PEOPLE DON'T CLOSE THEMSELVES OFF TO NEW IDEAS OR OPPORTUNITIES. HAMMETT WRITES THAT.... WHAT IS COMMON AMONG INTELLIGENT PEOPLE? THEY'RE OPEN-MINDED. INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ARE “WILLING TO ACCEPT AND CONSIDER OTHER VIEWS WITH VALUE AND BROAD-MINDEDNESS” AND THAT THEY ARE “OPEN TO ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS.”

'CONFRONTING NOVEL TASKS AND

SITUATIONS OF LEARNING TO DEAL

WITH THEM'

-STERNBERG