CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INTELLIGENCE AND ITS THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Howard Gardner’s “Multiple Intelligence Theory, “ how many different types of intelligence did he theorize?
A
2
B
5
C
12
D
9
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gardner’s early work in psychology and later in human cognition and human potential led to his development of the initial six intelligences. Today there are nine intelligences, and the possibility of others may eventually expand the list.

Detailed explanation-2: -The nine types of intelligence are: Naturalistic, Musical, Logical–mathematical, Existential, Interpersonal, Linguistic, Bodily–kinaesthetic, Intra–personal and Spatial intelligence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Existential intelligence. The ninth and the last kind of multiple intelligence is existential intelligence. Such people have the sensitivity and the capacity to tackle deep questions about human existence, such as the meaning of life, why is it that we die, how did we get where we are today.

Detailed explanation-4: -Developmental psychologist Howard Gardner outlined nine types of intelligence, including spatial intelligence and linguistic intelligence among others.

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