Gardner's Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

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Asa Reeves Psychology 2301 Monohan 6/21/11 Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner, a Harvard professor and developmental psychologist is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences. In 1983 Gardner developed a model that differentiates one’s intelligence into various forms and categories. In the book Exploring Psychology in Modules 7th ed. it illustrates Gardner and how he views intelligence as multiple abilities that come in packages. So far he has come up with eight different types of intelligences. These eight include: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal (self), interpersonal (others), and naturalistic. The linguistic intelligence includes both written and spoken words. Individuals who have a high-linguistic intelligence most likely have a very robust vocabulary and tend to be very good readers. They also are likely to learn foreign languages without a whole lot of difficulty. Gardner’s mathematical-logical intelligence involves logic, numbers, reasoning and scientific thinking. Those individuals with this intelligence are very likely to excel in mathematics, computer programming, or other activities involving numbers or abstract calculations. Albert Einstein is just an example of an individual who has a mathematical-logical intelligence. The musical intelligence developed by Gardner involves the sensitivity to certain sounds, music, tone and rhythms. People who express this intelligence tend to have good pitch and are able to sing, play instruments and even write music with ease, compared to someone who is tone deaf. Gardner’s spatial intelligence describes an individual that has an artistic mind and can be very creative when it comes to developing something. An article on Gardner and multiple personalities on the website infed.org describes the spatial intelligence as

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