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Multiple Intelligence
Linda Wise
Psy/300
May 11, 2012
Liz West

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Multiple Intelligence In the following paper I will attempt to explain a few of the theories that Howard Gardner and other researchers’ have concluded, I will begin first by describing the meaning of Multiple Intelligence, which are theories that tell how the brain works, it states that human beings are born with a single intelligence that cannot be changed, and is measurable, by a psychologist (Kowalski, R., & Westen, D. (2011). Howard Earl Gardner (born July 11, 1943 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American developmental psychologist who is John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University(Garnder, “A rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences.).
Howard Gardener’s theory of multiple intelligences emerged in 1983 in the form of a book titled Frames of Mind; the Theory of Multiple Intelligences consisted of eight different intelligences in humans. Most intelligence tests nowadays test only one or two intelligences, usually language and logic. Six others according to Gardner are musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist. I think that knowing this information would educate the children of the future, which then will help reduce racial, ethnic, and cultural differences and that “both the multicultural and individualized perspectives will emphasize and provide meaningful learning experiences for both the teacher and the student. This would give me more time to concentrate
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on the child’s self and family issues when I become a school psychologist(“ Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences." Jacobus, Lee A. A World Of Ideas; Essential Rading for College Writers. New York/Boston: Bedford/ST. Martins, 2006. 515-534.gist). Gardner defines the contemporary view of intelligence as, an individual's intelligence test score based on his or her age with no regard to experience or training. "It is an inborn attribute or faculty of the individual." Gardner also states that multiple intelligence, as a contemporary view, but with added emphasis on an individual's ability to problem solve. Each multiple intelligence theory is paired with other ones, for example, Gardner defines the contemporary view of intelligence as, an individual's intelligence test score based on his or her age with no regard to experience or training (Kowalski, R., & Westen, D. (2011). I think that this part of the theory is hard to imagine a person just a test score result. I believe that everyone maybe paired with other intelligence theories, but for me I would like to know what makes my client tick, in other works, I will ask many questions about the clients issues to find out who they are and what a test score tells me they are from the inside out. I feel that is the best way to know what kind of medical raiment to put them one.
Gardner also discusses the idea that most intelligence's are paired to create a person’s personality likely (in addition to his Bodily Kinesthetic ability) have Sptial intelligence allowing him to be aware of the opponents and team members around him. Gardner concludes that while intelligences can work alone and independent of other intelligences, most of the time they work

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as a collection of aptitudes.
This theory will inspire me to remember that each person has their own unique personalities and a temperament, along with different profiles of intelligences, no one kind of intelligence is better than another. So judging the first impression sometimes does not tell the whole story of that individual.
Just as we all look different and have unique personalities and temperaments, we also have different profiles of intelligences, no one kind of intelligence is as better than another.
I will now look at each ones’ intelligence in some detail as another.
Linguistic Intelligence often called verbal/linguistic intelligence is having mastery of language and also the ability to manipulate language to express oneself rhetorically or poetically (psychology.com, 2012). I think that this way of intelligence is a big part of society, because I hear, see that many times the words that people use to sell a product are sometimes lies, sometimes you many hear different jingles to remember a website, food and so on. I myself can use this task when interviewing different people or children, I will use this technique to make sure that my clients will not lie or manipulate me into things that I would not normally do. Therefore, multiple intelligences are an idea that simply states that human beings have many different ways to learn and process information, or "intelligences." In response to the question of whether or not measures of intelligence are scientific, Gardner suggests that each individual manifests varying levels of different intelligences, and thus each person has refined in subsequent years. I think that if every person would have the same traits, personalities, intelligence and looks, this world would not be a fun place to live in and there would not be any
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excitement for the human race, therefore, I think that we are perfect just the way we are, but people are always trying to change, be better, stronger and be someone they are not.

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Kowalski, R., & Westen, D. (2011). Psychology (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley
Garnder,"A rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences." Jacobus, Lee A. A World Of Ideas; Essential Rading for College Writers. New York/Boston: Bedford/ST. Martins, 2006. 515-534.

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