Much like Spearman and Thurstone, Howard Gardner began studying for a career outside of psychology. Howard Gardner initially studied law at Harvard before crossing paths with famous psychologist Erik Erikson, who opened his eyes to the growing profession of psychology.
At that point, the comparisons to Spearman cease. Gardner, too, was a proponent of multiple intelligences and, like Thurstone, proposed that there were seven intelligences found in everyone: linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.
At that point, the comparisons to Spearman cease. Gardner, too, was a proponent of multiple intelligences and, like Thurstone, proposed that there were seven intelligences found in everyone: linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.