Overview
Dr. Sternberg is a Visiting Lecturer at Cornell University. She has Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, as well as an MBA with a specialization in banking from the University of Cooperative Education in Karlsruhe, Germany. She completed some of her doctoral research at Yale University and her postdoctoral work at the University of Connecticut. Afterward, she worked as a research associate at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and School of Public Health. She has held a grant from the National Institutes of Health for the development of a cognitive training program for seniors.
Dr. Sternberg’s interest focuses on the application of psychological/behavioral research with the purpose of improving people’s lives. She is currently finishing a child development textbook with Oxford University Press, slated to be published in the fall of 2022. She is also the owner of a company that applies psychological principles to real life, currently focusing on relationship improvement.
Dr. Sternberg is the author of a textbook on the psychology of love, Love 101, and co-author of The Psychologist’s Companion, Cognitive Psychology, The Nature of Hate, and The New Psychology of Love, amongst other books.
Publications
Sternberg, K. (under contract). Child development in the 21st century. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., Wong, C. H., & Sternberg, K. (2019). The relation of tests of scientific reasoning to each other and to tests of fluid intelligence. Journal of Intelligence, 7(3), 20, https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence7030020
Sternberg, K., Williams, W. M., & Sternberg, R. J. (2019). How parents can maximize children’s cognitive abilities. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting (3rd ed., Vol. 5, pp. 214-241). New York: Routledge.
Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (Eds.) (2019). The new psychology of love (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2017). Measuring scientific reasoning for graduate admissions in psychology and related disciplines. Journal of Intelligence, http://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/5/3/29/pdf.
Sternberg, R. J., Sternberg, K., & Todhunter, R. J. E. (2017). Measuring reasoning about teaching for graduate admissions in psychology and related disciplines. Journal of Intelligence, www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/5/4/34/pdf.
Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2017). The psychologist's companion for undergraduates. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J. & Sternberg, K. (2017). Cognitive psychology (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.
Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2016). The psychologist's companion (6th ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2015). Teaching cognitive science. In D. Dunn (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of undergraduate psychology (pp. 419-430). New York: Oxford University Press.
Sternberg, K. (2013). Psychology of Love 101. New York: Springer.
Sternberg, K., & Sternberg, R. J. (2013). Love. In H. Pashler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the mind. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Sternberg, R. J. & Sternberg, K. (2013). How to prepare for the MAT (Miller Analogies Test) (11th ed.). Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.
Sternberg, K., & Sternberg, R. J. (2012). Affect: Origins and targets of hate. In D. Christie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of peace psychology. New York: Wiley.
Sternberg, K., & Sternberg, R. J. (2012). Preparing a manuscript for publication. In H. Cooper (Ed.), Handbook of research methods in psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Sternberg, R. J. & Sternberg, K. (2012). Cognitive psychology (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage.
Sternberg, R. J., & Sternberg, K. (2010). Eighty years later: The APA Manual rides again…and again and again and again and again. PsycCritques. Washington, D.C.; American Psychological Association.
Sternberg R. J. & Sternberg, K. (2010). The psychologist’s companion (5th ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J. & Sternberg, K. (2009). How to prepare for the MAT (Miller Analogies Test) (10th ed.). Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.
Sternberg, K. & Amelang, M. (2008). Psychologen im Beruf: Anforderungen, Chancen, Perspektiven (Psychology as a Profession: Demands, Chances, Perspectives). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag.
Sternberg, R. J. & Sternberg, K. (2008). The nature of hate. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Weis (Sternberg), K. & Sternberg, R. J. (2007). The nature of love. In S. Davis & B. Buskist (Eds.), Handbook of psychology for the 21st century. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Weis, K. & Zick, A. (2007). Annäherungen an eine Psychologie des Terrorismus. Wissenschaft und Frieden, 25(1), 13-18.
Weis, K. (2006). Explorations of the duplex theory of hate. Berlin: Logos Verlag.
Sternberg, R. J. & Weis, K. (Eds.) (2006). The new psychology of love. New Haven: Yale University Press.