Here you’ll be introduced to a revolutionary idea that is gaining respect from both the
scientific community and the public at large. Developed over the last 20 years by
psychologist Howard Gardner, the theory of multiple intelligences challenges old beliefs
about what it means to be smart. Gardner believes that we are too focused on verbal
and logical thinking and neglect other ways of knowing. He suggests that there are at
least seven intelligences worthy of being taken seriously as important modes of thought.
Armstrong has worked with Gardner’s MI theory, translating it into “smarts” to help
people discover and unleash their own intellectual strengths. Check all that apply to
you.
Characteristics:
1.Word Smart
Linguistic: the ability to express oneself in words on paper and aloud and to
conceptualize ideas and thoughts verbally.
2.Picture Smart
This is the intelligence of thinking in pictures and images, and the ability to perceive, transform and
recreate different aspects of the visual-spatial world.
3.Music Smart
Key features of this intelligence are the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and produce
rhythms and melodies.
4.Body Smart
Kinesthetic: This is the intelligence of the physical self. It includes talent in controlling one’s body movements
and also in handling objects skillfully.
5. Logic Smart
Traits of this intelligence include the ability to reason, sequence, think in terms of cause and effect,
create hypotheses, and look for conceptual regularities or numerical patterns.
6.People Smart
Interpersonal:This is the ability to understand and work with other people. It is the capacity to perceive and be responsive to the moods and temperaments and desires of others.
