Practice question · Put in order
Order these from the NARROWEST view of intelligence to the BROADEST.
- Gardner: eight or so abilities, most of them untested by schools
- Cattell-Horn: two components, fluid and crystallized
- Spearman: a single general factor g
- Sternberg: reasoning, invention and street sense
Hints
- Count how many distinct components each theory proposes.
- One factor, then two, then three, then eight.
Show the answer
- Spearman: a single general factor g
- Cattell-Horn: two components, fluid and crystallized
- Sternberg: reasoning, invention and street sense
- Gardner: eight or so abilities, most of them untested by schools
Why
Ordered by number of proposed components: Spearman (1), Cattell-Horn (2), Sternberg (3), Gardner (~8). The sequence traces a move from a single unified intelligence toward an increasingly pluralistic view.
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