One of our articles dealt with the dark side of very intelligent people, with a remarkable IQ, and how, despite this, these highly intelligent people suffer from feeling isolated or misunderstood.
But what is intelligence , apart from having great intellectual skills?
The neuropsychologist Howard Gardner gives us an answer, which would be the ability to solve problems or create valuable products in different cultures.According to him, we have 8 types of intelligence , and it is up to us to cultivate them all for a happier life.Which one is more prevalent in you?
Mathematical logic intelligence
We use it to solve logic problems and mathematics , we use numbers accurately and We reason correctly.
Is the intelligence that usually corresponds to scientists, engineers , mathematicians and all those who use deduction and reasoning, who work with abstract concepts and elaborate experiments.The right hemisphere here is the king.
Linguistic intelligence
Those who have this more marked intelligence use the words (oral or written) in a much more effective way.In writers, journalists, communicators this intelligence predominates, and in students with skills to learn other languages.
Write stories , read, are usual activities in people with this predominant intelligence and you know what? hemispheres.
Kinestetic body intelligence
This intelligence is wonderful, because it is the ability to unite the physical body and mind in order to improve our physical performance, it allows us to manipulate and transform objects .
Those who manifest it are athletes, dancers, surgeons and artisans , and all those who work with hands, be they jewelers, mechanics or plastic artists.
Musical intelligence
Perceive, transform and define music and all its forms.Who has this intelligence endowed with sensitivity to distinguish musical notes , as well as rhythm, tone and timbre.
Composers, orchestra directors and musicians have it, and all the people who are attracted to the sounds, be they of nature or artificial, and those who accompany the compass by hitting or shaking objects rhythmically with their feet or hands.
Spatial intelligence
Who manifest this type of intelligence show abilities to think in three dimensions .It gives us the ability to perceive external or internal images, transform or modify them, and also produce graphic information.
Do you guess who has it? Well, the pilots, the sailors, the architects and engineers, the sculptors and the painters, all of them are a perfect sample.They like to make maps, pictures, drawings, schemes, sketches, plans...
Naturalist intelligence
It is the ability to differentiate, classify and employ the environment .
The skills of observation, reflection and approaches about our environment are possessed by the people of the field, the botanists, hunters and environmentalists , and those who love animals and plants.
Emotional intelligence
This is what allows us empathy, connecting with others .With this intelligence we can interpret and understand the facial and body expressions of those around us, as well as respond to them.
Developing emotional intelligence is extremely important , because with it we can make more accurate decisions and learn positive behaviors to face conflicts, as well as correct negative behaviors.
Cultivating this intelligence is the way a child or gifted adolescent, with a high IQ, can solve their difficulties when it comes to socially relating.Our assertiveness to manage emotions has to do with how not s we feel in a job interview, in an exam, in a public debate, situations in which it is easy to “erase from our mind” what we know.
Intrapersonal intelligence
It is the intelligence that helps us build and form an exact valuation of ourselves , and the ability to direct more accurately our own life .
This theory of Gardner argues that we all have, to a greater or lesser extent, the 8 intelligences , and with a focused teaching towards the orientation of the people in function of the capacities and intelligence styles that more predominate in each one, it would be possible to take maximum advantage of the strengths of each one , to form people who can face, in a more way Assertive with a much more competitive world.
Developing and cultivating all types of intelligence will make us more confident and confident, but above all happier.
And if you You want to know which intelligence predominates in you, do this test and share your results with us.And in this wave, we invite you to read our article about some personality types, visual, auditory or kinestesic, to see with which you identify yourself.
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