Nature of Intelligence

University Of

Phoenix

Michael Burnett

AET/500

November 17,

2014

Stacey Cowen,

Kasee Cuero,

April Jasso,

Marie Ruiz,

Nature of Intelligence

Nature of Intelligence

Multiple Intelligences

Practical Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence

Cultural Impact on

these theories

Multiple Intelligence

Logical

Bodily -Kinesthetic

Spatial

Inter-personal

Intra-personal

Linguistic

Multiple Intelligences

Multiple Intelligences

Howard Gardner later added more intelligences to this theory.

•Naturalist Intelligence

•Spiritual Intelligence

•Existential Intelligence

•Moral Intelligence

Linguistic intelligence

Logical-mathematical

intelligence

Musical intelligence

Spatial intelligence

Bodily-kinesthetic

intelligence

Interpersonal intelligence

Intrapersonal intelligence

Practical Intelligence

What is practical knowledge?

Applying knowledge to everyday life and finding the best fit between themselves and the demand of the environment.

Adjusting to the demands of the environment by:

Adapting to their environment

Shaping their environment

Selecting a favorable environment

Overall Practical Knowledge is Tacit Knowledge.

Knowledge that is difficult to transfer to another person by means of writing it down or verbalizing it.

Emotional Intelligence

Perceiving Emotions: The first step in understanding emotions is

to accurately perceive them. This involves identifying and

understanding nonverbal gestures.

Reasoning With Emotions: The step requires the use of emotions

to encourage thinking and intellectual activity. Emotions aid in

how we prioritize and react.

Understanding Emotions: This emotion carries a comprehensive

understanding of the situation. If anger is being expressed, it could

actually be related to something other than what one thinks.

Managing Emotions: The skill of managing emotions effectively

is a fundamental part of emotional intelligence. Managing ones

emotions entails the correct response of emotions in any given

situation.

Cultural Impact on these

theories Intelligence is defined differently in each society, ethnicity and

culture.

Many cultures are familiar with the importance of cognitive skills when it comes to defining intelligence.

For example, in Brazilian culture social class is also considered along with culture when coming up with what is seen as intelligent. They characterize people that are to create, build and work with their hands as intelligent.

In some cultures obedience and respect are seen as important abilities for intelligence. Emotional intelligence is related to cultural intelligence in that an individual is able to understand what makes someone different from someone else. A cultural intelligent person would be able to pick out features or characteristics in a culture that may be different from their own.

Cultural Impact on these

theories Intelligence is practically cultural. As Sternberg said, “parts of the theory

are culturally universal, and parts are relative (1986, p.24)

In practical sense of knowledge applying what was learned from

experiences to everyday life can be the same in every culture. The learners

experiences in the real world consist of universal components and the

learner will adjust or adapt accordingly.

Gardner argues, “ there is persuasive evidence for the existence of several

relatively autonomous human intellectual competencies that can be

fashioned and combined in a multiplicity of adaptive ways by individuals

and cultures” (Gardner, 1993, pp. 8-9).

In different cultures there are different abilities an individual may have

that is considered a form of intelligence in that culture. For example, an

individual may have the ability to heal and the ability to hunt. An

individual may have high intelligence in one area and average intelligence

in other exhibiting multiple intelligences.

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