THE INTELLIGENT SELF - hear beneath the words to their

Rationality meaning
- for Aristotle, it is the ability to think or intellectualize 4. Thinking flexibly
and to will Plasticity
Intelligent - ability of the brain to rewire, change and repair
- for Arthur Costa and Bella Kallick, not all humans are itself to become smarter
but only those who developed a “Habit of Mind” 5. Thinking about our thinking/Metacognition
Habit of Mind Metacognition
- able to behave intelligently - ability to know what we know and what we don’t
- disposition toward behaving intelligently when know
confronted with problems - ability to:
- answers are not immediately known o Plan a strategy for producing what
- composite of: information is needed
 Skills o Be conscious of our own steps and strategies
 Attitude Cues during the act of problem solving
 Past Experiences o Reflect on and evaluate the productiveness
 Proclivities of our own thinking
- value one pattern of thinking over another MAJOR COMPONENTS OF METACOGNITION
- sensitivity to the contextual cues in a situation  Developing a plan of action
- requires a level of skillfulness to employ and carry  Maintaining the plan in mind over a period of
through the behaviors effectively time
1. Value  Reflecting back on and evaluating the plan upon
- choosing to employ a pattern of intellectual its completion
behaviors rather than less productive patterns Inner Language
2. Inclination - thought to be prerequisite
- feeling the tendency toward employing a pattern - begins in age 5
of intellectual behaviors 6. Striving for accuracy and precision
3. Sensitivity Craftsmanship
- perceiving opportunities for and - includes:
appropriateness of employing the pattern of  Exactness
behavior  Precision
4. Capability  Accuracy
- possessing the basic skills and capacities to carry  Correctness
through with the behaviors  Faithfulness
5. Commitment  Fidelity
- constantly striving to reflect on and improve - requires continuous reworking
performance of the pattern of intellectual Mario Cuomo
behavior - great speechwriter and politician
ATTRIBUTES OF WHAT HUMAN BEINGS DO WHEN THEY - his speeches were never done, it was only the
BEHAVE INTELLIGENTLY/HABIT OF MIND deadline stopping him
1. Persisting 7. Questioning and posing problems
Persistence 8. Applying past knowledge to new situations
- twin sister of excellence 9. Thinking and communicating with clarity and
2. Managing impulsivity precision
Deliberativeness Language Refinement
- think before you act - critical role in enhancing a person’s cognitive
3. Listening to others with understanding and empathy maps and critical thinking
Listening Behavior - knowledge base for efficacious action
- also called Overcoming Ego-centrism by Piaget Language and Thinking
a. Paraphrase another person’s idea - closely entwined
b. Detecting indicators or cues of their feelings or 10. Gathering data through all senses
emotional states in their oral and body Brain
languages or empathy - ultimate reductionist
c. Accurately expressing another person’s - reduces the world to its elementary part
concepts, emotions and problems Mental Images
Generative Listening - important in mathematics and engineering
- art of developing deeper silences in yourself Classical Music
- slow your mind’s hearing to your ears’ - improves spatial reasoning
natural speed 11. Creating, imagining and innovating
12. Responding with wonderment and awe - use words well and good at:
Tracey Wong Briggs (1999)  Writing stories
- described the All USA College Academic Team as  Memorizing information
“creative thinkers who have a passion for what  Reading
they do” STRENGTHS OF LINGUISTIC-VERBAL INTELLIGENCE
“I ENJOY” Feeling a. Words
- found in efficacious people including an “I CAN” b. Language
attitude c. Writing
13. Taking responsible risks CHARACTERISTICS OF LINGUISTIC-VERBAL
RISK TAKING CATEGORIES INTELLIGENCE
a. Those who see it as a venture a. Good at remembering written and spoken
Venture Capitalist information
- a person who takes well-considered risks b. Enjoys reading and writing
b. Those who see it as an adventure c. Good at debating or giving persuasive speeches
14. Finding humor d. Able to explain things well
Laughter e. Often uses humor when telling stories
- transcends all human beings POTENTIAL CAREER CHOICES FOR LINGUISTIC-
- liberate creativity and provoke higher-level VERBAL INTELLGENCE
thinking skills a. Writer/Journalist
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LAUGHTER b. Lawyer
a. Dropping pulse rate c. Teacher
b. Secretion of endorphins 3. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
c. Increase oxygen in the blood STRENGTHS OF LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL
15. Thinking interdependently INTELLIGENCE
16. Learning continuously a. Analyzing problems
Intelligence
- our intellectual potential
- something we are born with, something that can be
measured and capacity that is difficult to change
Theory of Multiple Intelligence
- proposed by Howard Gardner
- suggests that traditional psychometric views of
intelligence are too limited
- people have different types of intelligences
Howard Gardner
- Harvard psychologist
- wrote “Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple
Intelligences
Existentialist Intelligence
- 9th possible addition to the Theory of Multiple
Intelligence
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
1. Spatial-Visual Intelligence
- good at visualizing things and directions
STRENGTHS OF SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE
a. Visual Judgement
b. Spatial Judgement
CHARACTERISTICS OF SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE
a. Enjoys reading and writing
b. Good at putting puzzles together
c. Good at interpreting pictures, graphs and charts
d. Enjoys drawing, painting and the visual arts
e. Recognizes patterns easily
POTENTIAL CAREER CHOICES FOR SPATIAL
INTELLIGENCE
a. Architect
b. Artist
c. Engineer
2. Linguistic/Verbal Intelligence