Gardner's Theory Lists ____ Types of Mental Abilities

question 25

Multiple Choice

Gardner's theory lists ____ types of mental abilities.

• A) two
• B) three
• C) seven
• D) eight

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian concept describing a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Superego

A component of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, representing the moral conscience and ideal standards.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality structure that contains a person's basic, instinctual drives.

Electra Complex

In psychoanalytic theory, a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.