PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter IV: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
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The heading of this article implies that people are not simply more or less intelligent but that each of us possesses a unique combination of various forms of intellectual abilities. If tests of intelligence are designed to produce a single score, a person"s intelligence must also be conceptualized as a single, general mental ability. Many of the iq tests themselves were shown to be biased toward certain economic classes and cultural groups. Children"s educational opportunities were often dictated by their scores on these biased and potentially invalid scores. Howard gardner, at harvard university, introduced to the world the new view of multiple intelligences in his 1983 book frames of mind, which forms the basis of this reading. Gardner expanded on previous research that demonstrated that the human brain is not only diverse in its abilities but also extremely specialized in its functioning.
