The ability to perceive the physical environment accurately and to re-create or transform aspects of that environment is what type of intelligence, according to Gardner?
a. spatial intelligence c. logical-mathematical intelligence
b. naturalist intelligence d. spiritual-existential intelligence
Question 2According to Gardner's theory, which of the following types of intelligences was most apparent in the careers of former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan?
a. linguistic intelligence c. interpersonal intelligence
b. bodily-kinesthetic intelligence d. intrapersonal intelligence
Question 3Which of the following has been the most widely applied to education since the advent of the psychometric approach more than 100 years ago?
a. Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence
b. Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
c. the Wechsler scales
d. the Stanford-Binet test
Question 4According to Sternberg, assessments of a person's of analytic, creative, and practical intelligence
a. have fairly low correlations to one another. c. are part of a general intelligence factor.
b. have fairly high correlations to one another. d. cannot be assessed without the others.
Question 5Children who decide they would be better off selecting an environment to interact in that is different from one they find themselves in is an example of
a. adaptation. c. shaping.
b. social relativism. d. selection.
Question 6Sternberg proposed that all of the following determine children's success in their culture, so that children can be evaluated by how well they function with respect to each process, except for
a. adaptation. c. shaping.
b. social relativism. d. selection.