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THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE GARDNER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Howard Gardner theory, how many types of intelligences are there?
A
1
B
8
C
9
D
None of the above
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 eight types of intelligence described by Gardner include: musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic. In 2009, he also suggested two additional types of intelligence, namely, existential and moral.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are nine different types of intelligence. These are: Naturalistic, Musical, Logical–mathematical, Existential, Interpersonal, Linguistic, Bodily–kinaesthetic, Intra–personal and Spatial intelligence.

Detailed explanation-4: -First introduced in his 1983 book “Frames of Mind, ” Howard Gardner, a psychologist and professor at Harvard University, states that there are eight types of human intelligence-each representing different ways of how a person best processes information.

Detailed explanation-5: -Multiple Intelligences Theory was developed by Howard Gardner, a Harvard psychologist and former student of Erik Erikson. In Gardner’s theory, each person possesses at least eight intelligences.

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