Multiple Intelligenance
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE
Noami Fyfe
70662199
SSC 130 Essentials of Psychology
May 8th, 2013
05020500
Multiple Intelligence
This approach to thinking was developed by psychologist Howard Gardener. Multiple means involving several parts, while intelligence is the capacity of learning, reasoning and understanding. The theory of multiple intelligence therefore looks at the many forms of intelligence. Multiple intelligence asks the question “how are you smart?” rather than “how smart are you?”
That being stated I agree with Gardener’s theory of multiple intelligence.
Whereas Gardner’s view was that “an ability or set of abilities that is used to solve problems or fashion products that are of consequence in a particular cultural setting” (Kowalski,&Westen,2011). Gardner believed in order to recognize the existence of multiple forms of intelligence, one should perform an exercise where one should not ask “how smart are you?” but ask “how are you smart?” (Kowalski,&Westen,2011). Ask and answering the latter question shows exactly how one is intelligent and in which one or more intelligences on excels. One does not have to excel in all intelligences to be considered intelligent. Through Gardner’s theory, the eight intelligences are identified as musical, bodily/kinesthetic, spatial, linguistic, logical/mathematical, naturalistic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal.
Reference
Kowalski, R, & Westen, D. (2011). Psychology(6th ED). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
The can be seen through: 1. They theory of multiple intelligences also has strong implications for adult learning and development. (Armstrong, NY Plum 1999) 2. Help in different learning styles (Armstrong 2000, 2003, Kelly and Tengney 2006) 3. The ability to know one’s self and on the basis of that knowledge ( Falvery and Giver 1995)
However to every theory there are a few objections that may arise, these are: 1. The education system stressed the importance of
Noami Fyfe
70662199
SSC 130 Essentials of Psychology
May 8th, 2013
05020500
Multiple Intelligence
This approach to thinking was developed by psychologist Howard Gardener. Multiple means involving several parts, while intelligence is the capacity of learning, reasoning and understanding. The theory of multiple intelligence therefore looks at the many forms of intelligence. Multiple intelligence asks the question “how are you smart?” rather than “how smart are you?”
That being stated I agree with Gardener’s theory of multiple intelligence.
Whereas Gardner’s view was that “an ability or set of abilities that is used to solve problems or fashion products that are of consequence in a particular cultural setting” (Kowalski,&Westen,2011). Gardner believed in order to recognize the existence of multiple forms of intelligence, one should perform an exercise where one should not ask “how smart are you?” but ask “how are you smart?” (Kowalski,&Westen,2011). Ask and answering the latter question shows exactly how one is intelligent and in which one or more intelligences on excels. One does not have to excel in all intelligences to be considered intelligent. Through Gardner’s theory, the eight intelligences are identified as musical, bodily/kinesthetic, spatial, linguistic, logical/mathematical, naturalistic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal.
Reference
Kowalski, R, & Westen, D. (2011). Psychology(6th ED). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
The can be seen through: 1. They theory of multiple intelligences also has strong implications for adult learning and development. (Armstrong, NY Plum 1999) 2. Help in different learning styles (Armstrong 2000, 2003, Kelly and Tengney 2006) 3. The ability to know one’s self and on the basis of that knowledge ( Falvery and Giver 1995)
However to every theory there are a few objections that may arise, these are: 1. The education system stressed the importance of
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