Educational Psychology / Unit 8 EDP 0711 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Is Practical Intelligence Distinct?
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The idea
Whether practical intelligence is truly separate from g is contested: critics, notably Linda Gottfredson, find little evidence that it is distinct from general intelligence.
In practice
Street smarts and school smarts may overlap more than the triarchic theory suggests.
Where people slip
Naming three intelligences does not prove that three separate abilities exist.
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