Who among the following critiqued the concept of ‘general’ intelligence and proposed an alternative theory of intelligence ?
Correct Answer :
Howard Gardner
Solution :
The correct answer is Howard Gardner.
Howard Gardner critiqued the traditional view of a single, general intelligence (often referred to as g-factor, proposed by Charles Spearman). Instead, Gardner proposed the Theory of Multiple Intelligences in 1983, suggesting that human intelligence is not a single general ability, but rather a collection of distinct modalities including linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic intelligences.
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