A fourth-grade teacher says, All of my students have strengths in certain areas. For example, some of them are really good at solving math problems. Others are really fast readers. Still others have a marvelous ability to make connections among seemingly very different ideas. And a couple of them are walking encyclopedias' of facts about the world. With which one of the following theoretical perspectives is the teacher's statement most consistent?
a. Distributed intelligence
b. Gardner's multiple intelligences
c. Spearman's general factor in intelligence
d. The Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory of cognitive abilities
Question 2
Which one of the following statements best reflects most developmental theorists' current views about the relative impacts of heredity and environment on intellectual development?
a. Heredity clearly has a greater influence.
b. Environment clearly has a greater influence.
c. Favorable environmental conditions are most important for children who are born with high genetic potential.
d. Determining the relative effects of heredity versus environment may ultimately be impossible.
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