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Lang Matl
Author Albrecht, Karl, 1941-

Title Practical intelligence : the art and science of common sense / Karl Albrecht.

Imprint San Francisco : Wiley/Jossey-Bass, c2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  B105.C457A43 2007    Available
 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  B105.C457    Available
Description xvii, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A problem and an opportunity. Accidental intelligence : the terminal assumption ; The widening "smart gap" ; The dumbing of America and the culture of amusement ; Knows and know-nots : the new social divide ; Who cares? : who needs to care? -- M
Mental software upgrade 4 : valuing ideas. Do you have lots of good ideas? (almost everyone does) ; "It slipped my mind ..." (almost everything does) ; The greatest thinking tool ever invented ; Thinking in pictures ; Are you a yes-person or a n
Summary "In Practical Intelligence, Karl Albrecht explains how practical intelligence (PI) qualifies as one of the key life skills and offers a conceptual structure for defining and describing common sense." "Throughout Practical Intelligence, Albrecht
Subject Common sense.
Success.
Conduct of life.
ISBN 9780787995652 (cloth)
0787995657 (cloth)
9780470444320 (pbk.)
0470444320 (pbk.)