8 Intelligences - Theory of Multiple Intelligences Explained - Dr. Howard Gardner

[0:00]So, when you think of intelligence, you normally think of the one intelligence that most people refer to and that is intellectual intelligence. And Howard Gardner says there are actually multiple types of intelligence and I'm going to go through them with this video. Now the first is called logical mathematical intelligence and this is basically what you think of when you think of intellectual intelligence. This would be stuff like logic, or um, if you're good at taking tests, you will probably have pretty high logical mathematical intelligence. This also has to do a lot with critical thinking and making and reading graphs as well as organization. If you like to organize your stuff and keep it very organized and are good at organizing it, then you will probably have very high logical mathematical intelligence. Now the second one is called verbal linguistic. And if you have high verbal linguistic intelligence, you will probably get at saying that word. You are good at poems, you are good at rhyming words, finding words that rhyme, you will get at reading and writing. And you're good at learning other languages, you learn them pretty quickly compared to other people and you're probably great at turning a little tiny story into a huge fascinating story that can enthrall an entire room. The third is interpersonal, and interpersonal intelligence would be like understanding other people's emotions. Understanding what the social etiquette and norms are of this situation. You have to be able to be good at reception to other people's moods and what motivates them. If you are a business administrator and you're good at motivating someone, you probably have pretty high interpersonal intelligence. If you're a good leader or just a manager in general and you can coordinate work with other people, you are probably really intelligent in this interpersonal field. The fourth is body kinesthetic, which means you are good at handling and maneuvering your own body. You can handle objects skillfully and basically move them around however you want them to, as well as your body. People that are very intelligent in the body kinesthetic field are dancers, actors, soldiers, and even many sports athletes. The fifth is musical intelligence and this is and this is associated with rhythmic and harmonic music. Being able to interpret sounds, rhythms and tones and pitches and being able to understand them on a level that most people can't understand. If you're good at this, you can probably compose or at least play an instrument. The next is visual spatial and this is like basically how well can you visualize something in your mind's eye. How well can you think of something in your mind and another example of this would be, how well can you get through a maze? Can you see it in your mind's eye where you're at in the maze or a cornfield? And Gardner went so far as to say that this could even be used as to judging distances or how well can you read a map. And the next type of intelligence is called intrapersonal intelligence and this is different from interpersonal intelligence. Intrapersonal intelligence is more about how you understand yourself. Are you self-aware? Do you know what feelings you are feeling? What emotions go through your mind when you are in certain situations? How well can you control your thoughts and actions and feelings in general? Do you know your strengths and weaknesses? And the last which came out a couple years after, Howard Gardner came out with his multiple intelligences theory, is called natural intelligence. Naturalistic intelligence and this has to do with being able to recognize stuff in the real world. Basically, flowers and trees and anything that's living. Hunters and fishermen are pretty intelligent in the naturalistic field, so are chefs and botanists that can grow plants. And basically anyone that has learned any biological sciences is pretty intelligent in the naturalistic field. Anyways, my next video is going to be on how you can improve these, how you can become a better person through improving each one of these single intelligences to become a better human being, a smarter, a more intelligent being. I hope you learn something from this video and I hope you enjoyed it. If you liked it, subscribe because I will be putting out more videos like this soon. Thanks for watching.