Critics of Gardner's Theory Point Out That

question 32

Multiple Choice

Critics of Gardner's theory point out that

• A) the unusual skills of people with savant syndrome are mechanical and inflexible because those skills are not aided by other abilities.
• B) Gardner ignores the role of cultural and educational experiences in intellectual development.
• C) the theory is at odds with the existence of prodigies who show precocious development in only one area.
• D) his intelligences are only weakly correlated with a single overarching mental ability.

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Humidification Delivery

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