CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INTELLIGENCE AND ITS THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ thought that it’s too narrow to see ‘intelligence’ as one single thing. So he added 9 different modalities of intelligence.
A
Charles Spearman
B
Louis Leon Thurstone
C
Carol Dweck
D
Howard Gardner
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The nine types of intelligence are: Naturalistic, Musical, Logical–mathematical, Existential, Interpersonal, Linguistic, Bodily–kinaesthetic, Intra–personal and Spatial intelligence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The theory claims that human beings have different ways in which they process data, each being independent. The eight types of intelligence described by Gardner include: musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gardner defines an intelligence as “bio-psychological potential to process information that can be activated in a cultural setting to solve problems or create products that are of value in a culture.” According to Gardner, there are more ways to do this than just through logical and linguistic intelligence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many of us are familiar with three broad categories in which people learn: visual learning, auditory learning, and kinesthetic learning.

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