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 is the capacity to perceive, understand and use spatial and visual information effectively.
- Such people are good in spatial orientation, forming visual images and patterns. They can easily visualise the world with the mind's eye, modify the surrounding based upon their perception and recreate aspects of their visual experiences.
- They are good at remembering images, figures, faces, fine details and visualise things from different angles.
- People with high visual/spatial intelligence are likely to be architects, painters, interior designers, surgeons, pilots, drivers and sailors.
