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Someone who is musically talented can be easily compared with one who is linguistically capable. The only difference is instead of having good vocabulary and lingual compositional skills they have a good vocabulary of pitches, instruments and melodies. They are then able to take those and, with remarkable skill, create or interpret a masterpiece containing chords, melodies, and counter-melodies, each utilizing several instruments.
“The world of the mathematician is a world apart, and one must be ascetic to derive sustenance from it” (Gardner, 150). Logical-mathematical intelligence is the ability to reason with mathematic and scientific theories. It is the ability to prove and Idea without any tangible evidence to back it up, as well as a good logical method of finding and solving problems. As such, logical-mathematical intelligence is what many people consider to be intelligence, as it receives the most academic attention. This may be true, in part, but there is much more to intelligence than …show more content…
Imagine a car, and try to rotate that image in your mind. Now climb in, and try taking a drive, recalling details like what your neighbor’s garage door looks like, and the types of trees in their yard. That sort of virtual imagery and manipulation is what comprises spatial intelligence. Where this area comes in especial handy is in such careers as engineering, where one has to create a working prototype mentally before ever doing something physically, or police investigation, where someone has to be able to record a mental image and call up obscure details later.
Intrapersonal and interpersonal are both intelligences that have to do with feelings. The similarities stop there, though. “In its most primitive form, the intrapersonal intelligence amounts to little more than the capacity to distinguish a feeling of pleasure from one of pain” (Gardner). In its more advanced form, however, intrapersonal intelligence is the ability to distinguish between several distinct moods. Interpersonal intelligence is the ability to do the same with another individual as the subject, using spoken and unspoken language to detect moods and …show more content…
If every teacher thought in that way, every student would be uniquely capable. Instead of not understanding why their student is failing, they could assess the student and find that a simple change in teaching style was all it took to enable them to teach not only who had understood them up until that point, but also a much broader group. Now each student has his own color, with more depth than could’ve been seen through a black and white view.
So is there such a thing as being unintelligent? Perhaps, but I’ve never met anyone like that, and I doubt you have either. By broadening our perception of intelligence, perhaps we’ll find that those who seem simple are really much smarter than we originally thought. Those around us are much more interesting in color, not just the grayscale of an IQ test. See the people who are smart because they can perceive the world in a different way, not just the analytical way of those who are more logical. Go ahead, give yourself a broader definition of intelligence. Spice up your
“The world of the mathematician is a world apart, and one must be ascetic to derive sustenance from it” (Gardner, 150). Logical-mathematical intelligence is the ability to reason with mathematic and scientific theories. It is the ability to prove and Idea without any tangible evidence to back it up, as well as a good logical method of finding and solving problems. As such, logical-mathematical intelligence is what many people consider to be intelligence, as it receives the most academic attention. This may be true, in part, but there is much more to intelligence than …show more content…
Imagine a car, and try to rotate that image in your mind. Now climb in, and try taking a drive, recalling details like what your neighbor’s garage door looks like, and the types of trees in their yard. That sort of virtual imagery and manipulation is what comprises spatial intelligence. Where this area comes in especial handy is in such careers as engineering, where one has to create a working prototype mentally before ever doing something physically, or police investigation, where someone has to be able to record a mental image and call up obscure details later.
Intrapersonal and interpersonal are both intelligences that have to do with feelings. The similarities stop there, though. “In its most primitive form, the intrapersonal intelligence amounts to little more than the capacity to distinguish a feeling of pleasure from one of pain” (Gardner). In its more advanced form, however, intrapersonal intelligence is the ability to distinguish between several distinct moods. Interpersonal intelligence is the ability to do the same with another individual as the subject, using spoken and unspoken language to detect moods and …show more content…
If every teacher thought in that way, every student would be uniquely capable. Instead of not understanding why their student is failing, they could assess the student and find that a simple change in teaching style was all it took to enable them to teach not only who had understood them up until that point, but also a much broader group. Now each student has his own color, with more depth than could’ve been seen through a black and white view.
So is there such a thing as being unintelligent? Perhaps, but I’ve never met anyone like that, and I doubt you have either. By broadening our perception of intelligence, perhaps we’ll find that those who seem simple are really much smarter than we originally thought. Those around us are much more interesting in color, not just the grayscale of an IQ test. See the people who are smart because they can perceive the world in a different way, not just the analytical way of those who are more logical. Go ahead, give yourself a broader definition of intelligence. Spice up your