Types of Intelligence Explore Today.
In the year 1983, an American developmental psychologist, Howard Gardener, published his findings on intelligence. According to Howard, there are nine different types of Intelligence;
- Naturalist Intelligence (being nature smart, understanding living things and reading nature), e.g. Geologists, Animal Trainers, Horticulturists, Marine Biologists, etc.
- Musical Intelligence (being music smart, discerning sound, their pitch, tone, rhythm, and timbre), e.g. musicians, dancers, music teachers, songwriters, etc.
- Logical-Mathematical Intelligence (being number/reasoning smart, quantifying things, making hypotheses and proving them), e.g. Auditors, Accountants, Mathematicians, Scientists, etc.
- Existential Intelligence (being life smart, tackling the questions of why we live and why we die), e.g. Pastors, Meditation instructors, Psychics, Public speakers, Philosophers, etc.
- Interpersonal Intelligence (being people smart, sensing people’s feeling and motives), e.g. Nurses, Life Coaches, Customer Service Representatives, Mental Health Counselors, Entrepreneurs, etc.
- Bodily-Kinesthetic (being body smart, Coordinating your mind with your body), e.g. Actors, Physical therapists, Artistic Painters, Surgeons, Athletes, etc.
- Linguistic Intelligence (being language smart, finding the right words to express what you mean), e.g. writers, Journalists, Proofreaders, Lawyers, Talk-show hosts, etc.
- Intra-Personal Intelligence (being self-smart, understanding yourself, what you feel and what you want you want), e.g. Psychologists, Therapists, Counselors, etc.
- Spatial Intelligence (being picture smart, visualizing the world in ways others can’t) e.g. Designers, Photographers, Drawing Artists, Physicists and Astronomers, some Engineers, etc.
This Article is Taken From 13 Secrets
Written by Arshad. A
