Roxanne performs poorly on most tests of verbal ability and does poorly in school,but she can perform many amazing mathematical computations in seconds and can play any song on the pan flute after hearing it only once.Roxanne provides evidence that supports which theory?
A) The information-processing model of intelligence
B) Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
C) Cattell's fluid and crystallized intelligence
D) The psychometric theory of general intelligence

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Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences suggests that individuals can possess different types of intelligence that are not necessarily related to each other. Roxanne's poor performance in verbal ability and school suggests a weakness in linguistic and possibly logical-mathematical intelligence, but her ability to perform amazing mathematical computations and play music after hearing it once suggests a strength in mathematical and musical intelligence.

Roxanne Performs Poorly on Most Tests of Verbal Ability and Does