Which Intelligence are You?

Here is a brief run-down of Howard Gardener’s theory of various intelligences that I mentioned in the last post. 




                   Thank you Delores http://ramblingsoftheterminallyaging.blogspot.com
for your request for more background on this. Without you this would likely be a blank page.
 From: Overview of the Multiple Intelligences Theory.  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and Thomas Armstrong.com

Logical -Mathematical

          The ability to calculate and carry out complicated       

             mathematical operations. Here are your scientists, 

             mathematicians, and detectives.

          These are the two twelve-year-olds (or fifty-five year-olds) hooked on Stratego. (Now I understand why I’ve always thought that chess shouldn’t be considered a game because you have to work so hard at it.)

         

Musical

          Sensitivity to sounds, music, rhythms.

          Many often have perfect pitch

          Kids with this often hum or sing to themselves.

          This intelligence may be connected to mathematical skills.

                   (Which would explain my own lack of success at the piano.)

Spatial

          The ability to think in three dimensions. Graphic and artistic skills, with

                an active imagination, sailors, artists, architects.

          That dreamy grand daughter working out a jigsaw puzzle on the floor.

Linguistic

          A facility with words and languages

          Reading, writing, telling stories

          The 75 year old completing a crossword puzzle not just to fend off

             dementia, but because he actually enjoys it.

           (These are my peeps. You may recall that in my family, dinner ground

              to a halt while everyone argued about the correct pronunciation

              of “medieval.”)

Bodily (kinesthetic)

          Superior control of bodily movements and the ability to handle objects   

              skillfully, athletes, dancers, police officers, builders

          A sense of timing – the ability to step onto an escalator without

              embarrassing yourself.

Interpersonal

          Sensitivity to working with others, able to read reactions and moods

          Teachers, politicians, sales people, often categorized as the extroverts

          Whether they deserve it or not, these are often our leaders

Intrapersonal

          An understanding of self, self-reflective

          Sometimes labeled as introverts, as teens they may be the shy kid in

             the back of the classroom.  While they may seem self-involved, they

             are able to apply their reflections to other’s lives. These may be

             psychologists, or spiritual leaders (hopefully really helping that person

                 on the couch or not suggesting to the gathered many what a great

                 idea it would be to drink that Kool-aid.)

         

Naturalistic

          A connection to the natural world around us, useful to the farmers and

          hunters of our past. Handy for those shoppers among us, who must be

          able to discriminate between one pair of sneakers and another.

Existential

          A ponderer of the bigger questions – how did we get here, and what is

                life all about.

          Whether the lack of parking places is a cosmic plot against us personally.