Question

What was Howard Gardner’s concern about traditional intelligence tests?
A.
He claimed intelligence tests did not cover important skills.
B.
He claimed intelligence tests did not take emotional aspects into consideration.
C.
He claimed intelligence tests did not consider culture.
D.
He claimed intelligence tests did not show mental age.

Answer 1

A. He claimed intelligence tests did not cover important skills.

Gardner argued that traditional IQ tests were too narrow, focusing mainly on linguistic and logical-mathematical abilities, and failed to assess other important intelligences (e.g., musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal).