Module 29: What is Intelligence?

How does the existence of savant syndrome support Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences?

People with savant syndrome have limited mental ability overall but possess one or more exceptional skills. According to Howard Gardner, this suggest that our abilities come in separate packaged rather than being fully expressed by one general intelligence that encompasses all of our talents

How does the Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory of intelligence integrate the idea of having general intelligence as well as specific abilities

The CHC theory proposes that there is a general ability based on two factors-fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence-but also that there are more specific abilities, such as reading and writing ability, memory capacity, and processing speed

Charles Spearmen suggested we have one ______ ______ underlying success across a variety of intellectual abilities

general intelligence

The existence of savant syndrome seems to support

a. Sternberg’s distinction among three types of intelligence

b. criticism of multiple intelligence theories

c. theories of multiple intelligences

d. Thorndike’s view of social intelligence

c. theories of multiple intelligences

Sternberg’s three types of intelligence are ______, ________, and ______

analytical; creative; practical

Emotionally intelligent people tend to

a. seek immediate gratification

b. understand their own emotions but not those of others

c. understand others’ emotions but not their own

d. succeed in their careers

d. succeed in their careers