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Library Journal Review

Psychologist Peters examines the dif ferent kinds of ``smarts'' that suc cessful people exhibit and finds that IQ (``school smarts'') only partly ac counts for that success. Practical in telligence, he says, is a combination of personal skills, physical and spa tial intelligences, intuition, and cre ativity, in addition to academic abili ties such as logical-mathematical in telligence, verbal skill, and critical thinking. Peters thinks even one's weakest abilities can be enhanced (a person with ``no sense of direction'' can improve spatial orientation skills, for example) and he suggests meth ods drawn fom a variety of fields. Recommended for general manage ment psychology collections.Ju dith Eannarino, George Washington Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

The ability to deal with all kinds of professional and personal situations depends, in the view of Peters, a clinical psychologist at Fort Lewis College in Colorado, on a combination of skills, intuition, cognitive styles, judgment and knowledge that he includes under the heading of practical intelligence (P.I.)qualified as ``work smarts'' as opposed to academic, knowledge-based ``school smarts.'' Using case studies from business, teaching, law, medicine and everyday activities such as driving and child rearing, the author sets out, sometimes in psychological jargon, to help readers exploit aptitudes and strengthen the weakest elements of their P.I. This advice is intended to help develop motor skills, spatial perception, and verbal and logical intelligence. He also stresses that learning to deal with individuals is essential to the growth of group leadership qualities. Basic to all such development is our ``intrapersonal intelligence,'' or knowledge and understanding of self. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

CHOICE Review

Peters (Fort Lewis College) discusses intelligence-what it is and how it is measured. He points to the relatively low correlation between academic intelligence (IQ) and real-world competence, and makes a case for the concept of practical intelligence (of which IQ is only one part). A cognitive psychologist, Peters has grounded his work in a traditional psychological base and has highlighted it with numerous examples, anecdotes, and practical suggestions regarding how to increase practical intelligence. Extensively footnoted, the book is appropriate for general readers and undergraduate students, especially those majoring in psychology and business.-J.A. Halpert, DePaul University