Multiple Intelligence Paper

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Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Paper Sherri Eubank PSY300 July 18, 2011 University of Phoenix Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Paper With Dr. Gardner’s theory regarding multiple intelligence, there have been three different types of approaches that have lead to an attempt to define intelligence and they are psychometric approach, the information-processing approach, and the theory of multiple intelligence (Kowalski & Westen, 2009). This is where Dr. Howard Gardner had then developed a multitude regarding of multiple intelligence to where he began to ask questions such as “how are you smart” verses the question of how smart are you?” With Dr. Gardner’s theory that are dealing among the different multiple intelligence, he then provided a list of eight different intelligences that he has considered is the causes to what it is making each individual to be intelligence. The eight different intelligences include linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, naturalists, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal. It also seems that with Dr. Gardner theory it has also suggested that the intelligence do not rely on just one but all of the eight curves and one for each of the intelligence (Kowalski & Westen, 2009). The three intelligences that have made and played a key factor in order for me be have personal success have been linguistic, naturalists, and musical. Within the linguistic intelligence’s it involves the sensitivity of the spoken and written languages with having an understanding as well as the ability of learning the language and having the capacity to use the language in ways to achieve and accomplish certain goals that an individual is trying to reach. These intelligences also include having the ability to effectively use the language as to expressing of oneself regards to the rhetorically or poetically that has the
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