Robert Sternberg (born December 8, 1949) is an American psychologist and
psychometrician. He is currently Professor of Human Development at
Cornell University. Prior to joining Cornell, Sternberg was president of the
University of Wyoming but resigned after less than five months in office. He formerly was Professor of Psychology and Provost at
Oklahoma State University, Dean of Arts and Sciences at
Tufts University, IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at
Yale University, and the President of the
American Psychological Association. He is a member of the editorial boards of numerous journals, including
American Psychologist. Sternberg has a BA from
Yale University and a PhD from
Stanford University, under advisor
Gordon Bower. He holds thirteen honorary doctorates from two North American, one South American, one Asian, and nine European universities, and additionally holds an honorary professorship at the
University of Heidelberg, in Germany. He is currently also a Distinguished Associate of The Psychometrics Centre at the
University of Cambridge. Among his major contributions to psychology are the
Triarchic theory of intelligence, several influential theories related to creativity, wisdom, thinking styles, love and hate, and is the author of over 1500 articles, book chapters, and books. A
Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Sternberg as the 60th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.