Howard GardnerHoward Gardner is a psychologists that is known for his theory of multiple intelligences. He believes that there are multiple ways to exhibit intelligence. Gardner has an idea that the different intelligences occupy different parts of the brain. For example, when a person's brain is damaged in an accident somehow, the damage can sometimes affect only certain intelligences and not the other. (Levine & Munsch)
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Gardner's Nine Intelligences
Logical: conceptual thinker, calculations, reasoning. Rhythmic: use instrumental tool to learn, sensitivity to rhythm and sound, very interested in music, sensitive to environmental sounds. Naturalist: keen observation, ability to classify well, understands the natural world. Intrapersonal: understands inner emotions, ability to sense and control emotions. Existential: thought provoking, thoughts about life and death. |
To the left are the nine intelligences Gardner came up with.
There is always a possibility of change with the list of intelligences though. According to Gardner, "there is not, and there never can be, a single irrefutable and universally accepted list of human intelligences." (Levine & Munsch) Visual: perceive the environment visually, ability to create mental manipulation of images, strong adaptation of space.
Kinesthetic: physical coordination, fine and gross motor skills, learns through physical activities. Interpersonal: communicates with and understand other people, collaborative work. Linguistic: speaking, writing, reading, ability to learn foreign language. |
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