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How has the change in how intelligence has been measured (from Spearman to Gardner) reflected the role we think intelligence plays in our everyday lives?
Review Howard Gardner’s eight types of intelligence and rank-order them from the one you think is most difficult for you to the one you think is your biggest intellectual strength. After ranking, how related do you think these eight types of intelligence are?
How useful do you believe the concept of intelligence is and why?

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You have been reading about the testing movement that is developing in psychology and the tests that were given to those immigrants coming in at Ellis Island. In recent years the idea of intelligence has changed dramatically with the theorizing that there is not just one “intelligence” to be measured, but that intelligence is possibly 3 to 12 different areas – each measured in different ways. What do you think of the idea of various standardized tests being used as an indicator of possible success by universities, primary and secondary grade schools, business and industry? Please post your response on the discussion board and read what others said.

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