Educational Psychology / Unit 8 EDP 0714 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Gardner's Evidence and Critics
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The idea
Gardner drew evidence from selective loss of abilities after brain damage, from savants with isolated exceptional skills, and from developmental histories; critics reply that the intelligences correlate, partly reflecting g, and that some look more like talents.
In practice
A patient who loses speech but keeps musical ability suggests separate intelligences.
Where people slip
Popular appeal is not evidence; the theory remains debated.
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