INTELLIGENCE

TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE

• GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY - The capacity to rapidly

and fluidly acquire, process, and apply information
- the ability to learn

• INFORMATION PROCESSING CAPACITY - involves

the manner in which individuals process and
organize information
• MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE - Suggests that there are
a number of distinct forms of intelligence that each
individual possesses in varying degrees

Distinct forms of intelligence that each individual

possesses in varying degrees
1. Linguistic: words and language
2. Logical-mathematical: logic and numbers
3. Musical: music, rhythm, and sound
4. Bodily-kinesthetic: body movement and control
5. Spatial-visual: images and space
6. Interpersonal: other people's feelings
7. Intrapersonal: self-awareness

The different intelligences represent not only different

domains but also learning preferences. The theory
suggests that assessment of abilities should measure
all forms of intelligence, not just linguistic, and logical-
mathematical, as is commonly done.
• EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EI) - an interpersonal
capability that includes the ability to perceive and
express emotions, to understand and use them,
and to manage emotions in oneself and other
people

“The capacity for recognizing our own feelings and

those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for
managing emotions well in ourselves and in our
relationships.” – Daniel Goleman
 Matching Intelligence Types with Career
Choices
Type of Intelligence Related Careers Preferred Learning Style
Bodily-Kinesthetic: Athletes, firefighters, Touch and feel, physical
Physical agility and chefs, actors, gardeners experience
balance; body control;
hand-eye coordination
Interpersonal: Ability to Psychologists, doctors, Human contact,
relate to others and educators, salespeople, teamwork
perceive their feelings; and politicians
interprets behaviors of
others; relates to
emotional intelligence
Intrapersonal: Self- Related to success in Self-reflection, self-
awareness; understands almost all careers discovery
oneself and one’s
relationship to others and
to the world; relates to
emotional intelligence
Type of Intelligence Related Careers Preferred Learning Style
Linguistic: verbal and Authors, speakers, Verbal and written words
written language ; lawyers, tv and radio and language
explaining and hosts, translators
interpreting ideas and
information
Logical-mathematical: Engineers, directors, Logic and numbers
logic and pattern scientists, researchers,
detection; analytical; accountants, statisticians
problem solving; excels at
math
Musical: recognition of Musicians, DJs, Music Music, sounds, rhythm
rhythm and tonal teachers, acoustic
patterns; musical ability; engineers, music
high awareness and use producers, composers
of sound
Spatial-visual: Creation Artists, engineers, Pictures, shapes, visually
and interpretation of photographers, inventors,
visual images; visual and beauty consultants
special perception
Five dimensions comprising
emotional intelligence
1. Self-awareness: being aware of what you are
feeling
2. Self-motivation: persisting in the face of obstacles,
setbacks, and failures
3. Self-management: managing your own emotions
and impulses
4. Empathy: sensing how others are feeling
5. Social skills: effectively handling the emotions of
others
Learning Styles
- refers to individual differences and
preferences in how we process information
when problem solving, learning, or engaging
in similar activities.
 Sensory Modalities
• Is a system that interacts with the environment
through one of the basic senses. The most important
sensory modalities are:

• Visual: learning by seeing

• Auditory: learning by hearing
• Tactile: learning by touching
• Kinesthetic: learning by doing
Learning Style Inventory
• A second approach to understanding learning
styles.
• Kolb Learning Style Inventory is one of the more
dominant approaches to categorizing cognitive
styles.
• The four basic learning modes are active
experimentation, reflective observation, concrete
experience, and abstract conceptualization.
Four Basic Learning Styles
• Convergers: depend primarily on active
experimentation and abstract conceptualization to
learn.
• People with this style are superior in technical tasks and
problem while inferior in interpersonal learning settings.
 Four Basic Learning Styles
• Divergers: depend primarily on concrete experience
and reflective observation.
• People who have this style are superior in generating
alternative hypotheses and ideas, and tend to be
imaginative and people or feeling-oriented.
Four Basic Learning Styles
• Assimilators: depend on abstract conceptualization
and reflective observation.
• Individuals tend to be more concerned about abstract
concepts than about people. Also they focus on logical
soundness and preciseness of ideas, rather than the
ideas’ practical values; tend to work in research and
planning units.
Four Basic Learning Styles
• Accommodators: rely mainly on active
experimentation and concrete experience, and
focus on risk taking, opportunity seeking, and
action.
• Accommodators tend to deal with people easily and
specialize in action- oriented jobs, such as marketing and
sales.
Learning Style Orientations
• Annette Towler, and Robert Dipboye developed a
learning style orientation measure to address some
of the limitations of the Kolb inventory and identify
key styles and preferences for learning.
• They demonstrated that learning style orientations
predict preferences for instructional methods
beyond the Big Five personality traits.
Five Key Factors
1. Discovery learning: an inclination for exploration
during learning. These learners prefer subjective
assessments, interactional activities,
informational methods, and active- reflective
activities.
2. Experimental learning: a desire for hands–on
approaches to instruction. Is positively related to
a preference for action activities.
Five Key Factors
3. Observational learning: a preference for external
stimuli such as demonstrations and diagrams to help
facilitate learning. Is positively related to preference
for informational methods and active-reflective
methods.
4. Structured learning: a preference for processing
strategies such as taking notes, writing down task
steps, and so forth. It is related to preferences for
subjective assessments.
Five Key Factors
5. Group learning: a preference to work with others
while learning. It is related to preferences for action
and interactional learning.