Intelligence beyond mental competencies

Pages: 535-537
Deepesh Rathore (Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi)

Ever since Charles Spearman gave his theory of General Intelligence or ‘g’ factor various theories have come up that refuted the fact that intelligence comprised of only a single factor or a single general ability, beginning with L.L.Thurstone’s Primary Mental Abilities many theories have come up challenging the notion that intelligence represents only mental competence. This article looks at two such approaches namely Howard Gardern’s theory of Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence that have changed the way how we look at intelligence.