Help with a college assignment

[xp_dust]

Hi everyone,

I need you help with a college assignment. We are studying Howard Gardener's theory of multiple intelligences and for this assignment I need to ask quite a few people which of the nine intelligence(s) is/are the strongest within themselves and how has that worked to their advantage.

So... from these descriptions below... which ones fit you the best?

	Intelligence	Skills and Career Preferences
1.	Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence Well-developed verbal skills and sensitivity to the sounds, meanings and rhythms of words	Skills - Listening, speaking, writing, teaching. Careers - Poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, translator
2.	Mathematical-Logical Intelligence  Ability to think conceptually and abstractly, and capacity to discern logical or numerical patterns	Skills - Problem solving (logical & math), performing experiments Careers - Scientists, engineers, accountants, mathematicians
3.	Musical Intelligence Ability to produce and appreciate rhythm, pitch and timber	Skills - Singing, playing instruments, composing music Careers - Musician, disc jockey, singer, composer
4.	Visual-Spatial Intelligence Capacity to think in images and pictures, to visualize accurately and abstractly	Skills - puzzle building, painting, constructing, fixing, designing objects Careers - Sculptor, artist, inventor, architect, mechanic, engineer
5.	Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence Ability to control one's body movements and to handle objects skillfully	Skills - Dancing, sports, hands on experiments, acting Careers - Athlete, PE teacher, dancer, actor, firefighter
6.	Interpersonal Intelligence Capacity to detect and respond appropriately to the moods, motivations and desires of others	Skills - Seeing from other perspectives, empathy, counseling, co-operating Careers - Counselor, salesperson, politician, business person, minister
7.	Intrapersonal Intelligence Capacity to be self-aware and in tune with inner feelings, values, beliefs and thinking processes	Skills - Recognize one’s S/W, reflective, aware of inner feelings Careers - Researchers, theorists, philosophers
8.	Naturalist Intelligence Ability to recognize and categorize plants, animals and other objects in nature	Skills - Recognize one’s connection to nature, apply science theory to life Careers – Scientist, naturalist, landscape architect
9.	Existential Intelligence Sensitivity and capacity to tackle deep questions about human existence, such as the meaning of life, why do we die, and how did we get here	Skills – Reflective and deep thinking, design abstract theories Careers – Scientist, philosopher, theologian

Comments

[xp-dazzler.livejournal.com]

Ooh ooh me me me! I'll help! I can totally help with this!

Musical Intelligence all the way, baby! I got the rhythm, I got the style!

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

I'm also supposed to ask how that worked to your advantage, but I think I can guess that one for you. :P

[x-invisiblegirl.livejournal.com]

Mathematical-Logical seems to suit me down to a T

[xp-dazzler.livejournal.com]

You know me too well <3

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

Still need the advantage. Though I can guess pretty well here too...

[xp-havok.livejournal.com]

Totes bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. Helps me not break myself when I do something stupid :D

[x-invisiblegirl.livejournal.com]

It's not too hard to guess considering what I do for a living.

It's really useful to be able to think logically when dragging Reed out of trouble too.

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

I like the second one.

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

Thanks Alex!

[xp-dazzler.livejournal.com]

Wait, I just realized

Is your project going to be full of things like "Talked with Alison Blaire" and "So he can get out of the way of explosions" or "Really helpful when tracking people down to murder them"? Because that'll be a weird paper and I want to see your teacher's reaction.

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

You have me tempted, but I'll most likely be editing things just a tad.

[x-blink.livejournal.com]

doctor/medical isn't on that list. Dammit.

Fine. Um...Interpersonal Intelligence/Mathematical-Logical Intelligenc

[x-daredevil.livejournal.com]

Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence

[x-velocidad.livejournal.com]

Nice try.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

So this is gonna either be a total surprise or not a surprise to anyone depending but mine is Verbal-Linguistic. I mean, -yo-, English Teacher is my jam. Advantage: first Gibney in three generations to rock a college degree much less that Masters program I might apply for if I can talk myself into rocking the image inducer and shoes for 2 years.

You'd think it was body-kinth, but that's all the mutation talking, I was the clumsiest fucking kid you ever met before I went all teen wolf.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Visual-Spatial, it is really helpful when tracking people down to murder them

I tease, although I suspect my intelligence type lends itself to Visual-Spatial, I use it for reasons of art.

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

Nice try? How so?

I think I heard you're a bar tender... They were one of the examples of people with interpersonal intelligence. Might that on fit you?

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

Still need the advantage though!

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

Body-kinth was honestly the first thing I thought of, but yeah the verbal-linguistic one fits very well!

[x-velocidad.livejournal.com]

Draw whatever conclusions you like.

[x-daredevil.livejournal.com]

Oh, whoops. Lawyer. lawyer all the time, lawyer all the time....

I considered Visual-Spatial Intelligence and Bodily-Kinesthetic, but that's all mutation talking, so back to verbal-linguistic. Bio-Dad made sure reading and writing and thinking was a priority and it stuck.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

BRO ARE WE TWINS

[x-daredevil.livejournal.com]

WE MIGHT BE.

[x-otoxic.livejournal.com]

Does this go on my permanent record?

[x-otoxic.livejournal.com]

Whoever came up with this test needs to learn a little from Buzzfeed. Get some gifs and vaguely relevant multiple choice questions in here. That's how you give a personality test!

[xp-darcy.livejournal.com]

Verbal-Linguistic+Interpersonal, which are advantageous for both verbal/written debates and fine tuning presentations to a specific audience.

[xp-fantastic.livejournal.com]

What trouble?

[xp-fantastic.livejournal.com]

Mathematical-Logical Intelligence.

There is a clear advantage to my specific type of knowledge, as evidenced by the skills in the second column. I have to say, I find this line of questioning strange, due to the fact that it perhaps is a little biased. If I know I have this type of intelligence, it is far easier for me to make certain correlations showing how it is to my advantage. It would be more interesting to see which intelligence is the lowest in a person, and then have them determine that advantage, showing that one's strengths can lie in their very own weakness.

But I digress.

The clear advantage to logical thinking is that I am able to follow a rational and pragmatic line of thought, from it's very conception to it's natural conclusion. Theoretical work, which stems from a more formal type of processing, is also easily attainable. There is no problem that is unsolvable, only one for which no answer is known.

[x-meggan.livejournal.com]

I have to say Interpersonal Intelligence because of empathy actually being listed right there on the chart. It might actually be a blending of aspects between that one, and the Naturalist Intelligence, because of the connecting to nature aspect.

The advantage bit: if I’m pursuing a Master’s degree in Marine Biology and Oceanography that could count as using the Naturalist one. Maybe? And either way, being able to connect to either the people or the marine life must be an advantage that could be mentioned.

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

I'll let my prof know about the gifs.

Don't think anyone here will put it in your personal records though.

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

From what I was reading today, you can be good in more then one, so I think that sounds perfectly logical.

[x-dust.livejournal.com]

I might just use that idea for an extra credit assignment! :p

[x-welshpixie.livejournal.com]

Visual-Spatial Intelligence. The visual part helps me put what's in my head on paper/canvas. The spatial part helps me create a 3d object like clothing.