Multiple Intelligences

The Basics:

There are seven criteria for determining an intelligence

Each intelligence has a computational capacity that originates in human biology and psychology  (6)

7 Original Intelligences:

Musical Intelligence (8-9)

- notes and keys are the language

- argument for: autistic children who can't talk but can play music

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence (9-11)

- the body creates the language

- argument for: people who may be able to do some movements without thinking can't do them consciously (apraxia)

Logical- Mathematic Intelligence (11-12)

- they can arrive at the answer without solving it step by step 

- this is the intelligence used for IQ tests

- savants can perform great feats of calculation but may be deficient in other areas

Linguistic Intelligence (13)

- the universal intelligence

- some people will make up their own language before they are taught

Spatial Intelligence (13-14)

- navigators can map locations in their head using the stars, water colour, etc

- processing in right cerebral cortex

- a blind person may not have visual perception but will have great spatial intelligence

Interpersonal Intelligence (14- 16)

- insight into other people 

- when Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller she did not depend on verbal language

- if the frontal lobes get damaged a person's personality would change 

Intrapersonal Intelligence (16-18)

- knowledge of oneself

- aphasiacs ["a loss of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language, due to injury to brain areas specialized for these functions"*]: according to the testimony of those who made a recovery although their general alertness decreased and they felt depression over their condition they never felt like a different person/ they continued to to have the same dreams, goals, etc

- interpesonal and intrapersonal intelligence both feature problem-solving as an intelligence

Conclusions (23-24)

1) we all have the full range of intelligences

2) no two people have the same intellectual profile 

3) having a strong intelligence does not mean you act intelligently

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia