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Multiple Intelligences Theory

Developed by Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, a former student of Erik Erikson, the Multiple Intelligences Theory proposes that every individual has a minimum of eight distinct types of intelligence. These include linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, bodily kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic intelligence.

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