GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
STERNBERGS THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Thurstone
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Spearman
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Gardner
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Sternberg
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer-The correct answer is option ‘D’ Charles spearman.
Detailed explanation-2: -British psychologist Charles Spearman believed intelligence consisted of one general factor, called g, which could be measured and compared among individuals. Spearman focused on the commonalities among various intellectual abilities and deemphasized what made each unique.
Detailed explanation-3: -why is Spearman’s single intelligence score controversial? Kanazawa-argued that general intelligence evolved as a form of intelligence that helps people solve novel problems not evolutionary problems. o We do not have an intelligence, but rather multiple intelligences.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) The WAIS-IV is the most commonly used test of intelligence for persons aged 16 through 75 years, and may be the intelligence test chosen if your child is a teenager above the age of 15.
Detailed explanation-5: -Gardner’s theory has come under criticism from both psychologists and educators. These critics argue that Gardner’s definition of intelligence is too broad and that his eight different “intelligences” simply represent talents, personality traits, and abilities.