Question

The ability to understand oneself and know one's thoughts, emotions, feelings, motives is called :

• A. Interpersonal Intelligence
• B. Intrapersonal Intelligence
• C. Linguistic Intelligence
• D. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Intrapersonal Intelligence

Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences

• Howard Gardner's book - 'Frames of Mind' (1983)

• He did not believe there was "one form of cognition which cut across all human thinking".

• There are multiple intelligences with autonomous intelligence capacities".

• So, intelligence cannot be viewed as a single entity. There are different types of intelligences which are independent of each other.

• Further, people may have varied combinations of these intelligences.

• Gardner initially proposed seven types of Intelligence which later on he increased to nine

Visual/ Spatial Intelligence

1. Verbal / Linguistic Intelligence

2. Logical/ Mathematical Intelligence

3. Bodily / Kinesthetic Intelligence

4. Rhythmic / Musical Intelligence

5. Interpersonal Intelligence

6. Intrapersonal Intelligence

7. Naturalistic Intelligence

8. Existential Intelligence

Intrapersonal Intelligence is the ability to understand oneself and know one's thoughts, emotions, feelings, motives and desires, and how these influence their behaviour.

• It includes awareness about one's strengths, limitations, goals and ambitions in life. Such intelligence includes one's introspective and self-reflective capacities.

• Psychologists, spiritual leaders, philosophers and writers also have strong intrapersonal intelligence