GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 29

Cognition · Intelligence: Theories (Spearman, Thurstone, Jensen, Cattell, Gardner, Sternberg), emotional intelligence, measurement, individual differences, intelligence versus aptitude and creativity · 1 mark · Multiple choice

If Skinner : Behaviourism, then Howard Gardner : ______________?

Sociocultural
Cognitivism
Evolutionary perspective
Humanistic perspective

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Correct answer: (B) Cognitivism

Explanation

Skinner is the best-known name in behaviourism. Howard Gardner, who proposed the theory of multiple intelligences, is a cognitive psychologist, so his perspective is cognitivism.