Defines successful intelligence as the skills and knowledge needed for success within a particular social and cultural context. howard gardner jean piaget robert sternberg david elkind

STERNBERG  defines successful intelligence as the skills and knowledge needed for success within a particular social and cultural context.

The correct behavior that accepted by society will be different in each societies because of their social and cultural context. According to Sternberg, those who possess social intelligence will be able to distinguish those contexts and adjust their behavior properly, which make them capable to adapt in any society.