Intelligence Power Point

Intelligence: an Intelligence: an overviewoverview

“its not how smart you are, it’s how you are smart”

By: Chelsia Bates

Intelligence: the basics• Dr. Gardner discovered

the eight different types of intelligence

• Intelligence refers to how we are wired

• Thinking refers to how we use our intelligence

• People can be intelligent but have poor thinking skills

Linguistic Intelligence“word smart”

Definition: capacity to use language, your native language, and perhaps other languages, to express what's on your mind and to understand other people

Linguistic Intelligence traits: like to read, like to write, like to listen, good at spelling, good memory for general knowledge.

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

“number/reasoning smart”

Definition: the capacity to reason, calculate, recognize patterns and handle logical thinking. 

Logical-mathematical Intelligence traits:  likes to count, likes to be organized, good at problem solving.

Spatial Intelligence“picture smart”

Definition: intelligence refers to the ancient hunter-gatherer ability to represent the outer world internally in your mind. It gives you the ability to know where you are in space.

Traits: likes art, drawing, sculpting, painting, good at reading maps, thinks in pictures, can visualize or imagine vividly.

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

“body smart”

Definition: the capacity to use your whole body or parts of your body: (your hands, your fingers, your arms), to solve a problem, make something, or put on some kind of production.

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence traits: good sense of balance, good sense of rhythm, is graceful in movements, good hand-eye coordination, can communicate ideas through gesture.

Musical Intelligence“music smart”

Definition: The ability to compose songs and music, sing and play instruments and appreciate all kinds of music. Also having a strong sense of universal harmony and awareness of patterns in life.

Musical Intelligence traits: sensitive to sound patterns, has a good sense of pitch and rhythm, aware of complex structure of musical notes.

Interpersonal Intelligence“people smart”

Definition: the ability to work well with other people, to understand and 'get' them, to be aware of their motivations, their goals, their stated and unstated intentions. It's about being a 'people person' able to empathize with others.

Interpersonal Intelligence traits: good at negotiating, enjoys company, gets on well with others, likes team work, sensitive to the feelings of others.

Intrapersonal Intelligence“self smart”

Definition: the ability to access, understand and communicate one's own inner feelings.

Intrapersonal Intelligence traits: self-knowledge, deeply aware of one’s own feelings, good at following instincts, self motivated.

Naturalist Intelligence“nature smart”

Definition:  the ability to see patterns in nature and work in natural environment with livestock, wildlife, plants etc.

Naturalist Intelligence traits: feels at their best in nature, sensitive to ecology, sensitive to environmental and animal abuse.

Conclusion

• Each person has every one of these intelligences

• People are stronger in some intelligences and weaker in others

• The idea of standard “intelligence” does not sufficiently encompass the different abilities that humans have