Davis Is a Gifted Violinist Who Has Been Playing the Violin

Davis is a gifted violinist who has been playing the violin since he was two. He started writing his own music when he was four. However, Davis has a difficult time expressing himself with words, and he struggles with all his written assignments for his classes at school. Which theory of intelligence could best be used to account for Davis's different levels of performance in these areas?

A) Sternberg's triarchic theory
B) Thurstone's theory of primary mental abilities
C) Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
D) Spearman's g-factor theory