Gardner identified eight distinct intelligences because

a. he believed humans differ widely in their ability to process different kinds of information.
b. he did not believe Sternberg's theory was culturally fair.
c. this is the only way psychometric models can assess intelligence accurately.
d. cultural intelligence had never been discussed prior to his theory.


A

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