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In developing the seven multiple intelligences, Gardner made some important observations. Identify such observations from the list given below:

1.Intelligence is not entirely genetic.
2.Intelligence is a part of acquired behaviour.
3.Intelligence is not fixed at birth.
4.There is little or no hope for developing intelligence.
5.Intelligence can be nurtured and grown.
A1, 2 and 4
B1, 3 and 5 ✓ Correct
C3, 4 and 5
D1, 4 and 5
Correct answer: (B) 1, 3 and 5
Explanation

Gardner observed that intelligence is not entirely genetic, is not fixed at birth, and can be nurtured and grown, giving statements 1, 3 and 5.

Statement 1 holds because Gardner rejected the view that intelligence is wholly inherited.

Statement 3 fits since he denied that intelligence is settled at birth, leaving room for change.

Statement 5 is right because he stressed that intelligence can be developed through nurture and experience.

Statement 2 overstates the case by calling intelligence simply acquired behaviour, while statement 4 flatly contradicts his optimism about developing it.

Gardner presented these ideas in his 1983 work Frames of Mind, proposing multiple intelligences against a single IQ.

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