Theories of Intelligence
Ada N. Bren
PSY450
July 23, 2013
Professor Daryl Farrow
Intelligence testing article analysis
Human intelligence is the mental value composed of the abilities to learn from experiences throughout one’s life and adapts to new circumstances, comprehends, and accepts intellectual theories, and utilizes that knowledge to manipulate one’s own environment. Societal expectations have emotional influence on a person’s perception of human intelligence. For example, when someone can think quickly, it is connected to fluid intelligence, which is similar to critical thinking, a person has the capacity to form concepts, think abstractly, and utilize knowledge to new circumstances. This paper is will discuss two different theories of intelligence from two different psychologists so that there can be an understanding of the different views in society.
Gardner’s theory of intelligence
The first Theory comes from Howard Gardner. His theory of multiple intelligences is quite popular and is widely utilized. Gardner, who was inspired by the writings of Jean Piaget has suggested a theory of multiple intelligences. He initially recognized seven elements of intelligence (Gardner, 1983). He discusses that these intelligences are somewhat distinct from each other and that each person has a certain level of each of these seven intelligences. When a student enters University of Phoenix, there is a class that is required and in this class, they issue an assignment that the individual takes to discover what type of learner they are. Out of the different types of styles there were Kinesthetic, which is more hands on; Interpersonal, which is the ability to sense others feelings and show empathy such as a psychologist; Intrapersonal, which is usually someone who is self-assured and self-aware of themselves; Linguistic, which is someone who can communicate clearly through verbal or written emotions; Logical-mathematical, which is someone who has the capacity to handle complicated logical
PSY450
July 23, 2013
Professor Daryl Farrow
Intelligence testing article analysis
Human intelligence is the mental value composed of the abilities to learn from experiences throughout one’s life and adapts to new circumstances, comprehends, and accepts intellectual theories, and utilizes that knowledge to manipulate one’s own environment. Societal expectations have emotional influence on a person’s perception of human intelligence. For example, when someone can think quickly, it is connected to fluid intelligence, which is similar to critical thinking, a person has the capacity to form concepts, think abstractly, and utilize knowledge to new circumstances. This paper is will discuss two different theories of intelligence from two different psychologists so that there can be an understanding of the different views in society.
Gardner’s theory of intelligence
The first Theory comes from Howard Gardner. His theory of multiple intelligences is quite popular and is widely utilized. Gardner, who was inspired by the writings of Jean Piaget has suggested a theory of multiple intelligences. He initially recognized seven elements of intelligence (Gardner, 1983). He discusses that these intelligences are somewhat distinct from each other and that each person has a certain level of each of these seven intelligences. When a student enters University of Phoenix, there is a class that is required and in this class, they issue an assignment that the individual takes to discover what type of learner they are. Out of the different types of styles there were Kinesthetic, which is more hands on; Interpersonal, which is the ability to sense others feelings and show empathy such as a psychologist; Intrapersonal, which is usually someone who is self-assured and self-aware of themselves; Linguistic, which is someone who can communicate clearly through verbal or written emotions; Logical-mathematical, which is someone who has the capacity to handle complicated logical
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