A criticism levied by psychologists against Howard Gardener's theory of multiple intelligences is that ________.

A. it does not acknowledge the fact that students who have demonstrated ability in some areas fail academic subjects and do poorly on traditional intelligence tests
B. Gardner ignores the interpersonal and intrapersonal skills of people
C. it does not acknowledge the fact that different learners learn in different ways
D. Gardner did not provide tests of the multiple intelligences proposed by him


Answer: D

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