Psychologist Howard Gardner developed the Theory of Multiple Intelligences in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In doing so, he drew on evidence from a wide variety of sources, disciplines, and research tradition. He presented the theory for the first time in 1983, in the book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (New edition, 2011).
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences is a critique of the standard psychological view of intellect: there is a single intelligence, adequately measured by IQ or other short answer tests. Instead, on the basis of evidence from disparate sources, the theory claims that human beings have a number of relatively discrete intellectual capacities. IQ tests assess linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligence, and sometimes spatial intelligence, and they are a reasonably good predictor of who will do well in a 20th (Not necessarily a 21st) century secular school. Humans, however, have several other significant intellectual capacities which are demonstrated in the following visual:
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Gardner, H. (2011). Frames of mind: The theory of multiple intelligences. Hachette Uk.
For this initial discussion post, answer the following:
Which of the 9 types of intelligences most accurately describes your own intellect?
Which of the 9 types of intelligences are the weakest areas of your own intellect?
How could you work to improve on the identified weaknesses in your intellect?
For your peer reply:
Offer friendly suggestions to one of your peers about a practical way they could go about improving on one of the weaknesses in their intellect?
Do you know of, or have you practiced a fun exercise, game, or activity they could use to help make the improvement?
Example of an APA Reference:
Keles, B., McCrae, N., & Grealish, A. (2020). A systematic review: The influence of social media on depression, anxiety, and psychological distress in adolescents. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 25(1), 79-93.
