Gardner feels that American society places too much emphasis on verbal and mathematical or logical intelligence, the types most often tested by contemporary IQ tests, to the neglect of the other four types.
嘉納認為美國社會過於著重語言和數學邏輯智慧，現行的（I.Q.）智力測驗，便是測量這兩種智慧，而忽視了其他四種。