Good in reading and writing
Memorize words and dates
Skillful in operation and persuasive language
People who are good at physical activities
Good at making and building things
Good at sports
They care about people’s feeling
Good at giving advice
Communicate easily with others
Prefer to work alone
Are good in understanding their own emotions
Have high motivation to reach goals
Good at math, chess and computer
Usually learn better by analyzing things
Good with numbers
Higher sensibility to sounds
Enjoy listening to music
Easily learn how to play with instruments
Higher sensitivity to nature and the place within that
Enjoy activities outside
Are good at interacting with animals
Good at visualizing and mentally manipulating objects
Have good sense of direction
Strong visual memory
LINGUISTIC Intelligence
— written and spoken words
— Interpretation and explanation of ideas and information via language
— understands relationship between communication and meaning
LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL Intelligence
— analyze problems
— detecting patterns
— perform mathematical calculations
— scientific reasoning and deduction
— understands relationship between cause and effect toward a tangible outcome or result
MUSICAL Intelligence
— awareness, appreciation and use of sound
— recognition of tonal and rhythmic patterns
— understands relationship between sound and feeling
BODILY KINESTHETIC Intelligence
— eye and body coordination
— manual dexterity
— physical agility and balance
SPACIAL-VISUAL Intelligence
— interpretation and creation of visual images, pictorial imagination and expression
— understands relationships between images and meanings and between space and effect
INTERPERSONAL Intelligence
— ability to relate to others
— interpretation of behavior and communications
— understands the relationship between people and their situations, including other people
INTRAPERSONAL Intelligence
— one’s own needs for and reaction to change, ability to deal with change in the workplace
— one’s relationship to others and the world
— personal cognizance
— personal objectivity
— the capability to understand oneself
1. Linguistic Intelligence: the capacity to use language to express what's on your mind and to understand
other people. Any kind of writer, orator, speaker, lawyer, or other person for whom language is an
important stock in trade has great linguistic intelligence.
2. Logical/Mathematical Intelligence: the capacity to understand the underlying principles of some kind
of causal system, the way a scientist or a logician does; or to manipulate numbers, quantities, and
operations, the way a mathematician does.
3. Musical Rhythmic Intelligence: the capacity to think in music; to be able to hear patterns, recognize
them, and perhaps manipulate them. People who have strong musical intelligence don't just remember
music easily, they can't get it out of their minds, it's so omnipresent.
4. Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence: the capacity to use your whole body or parts of your body (your
hands, your fingers, your arms) to solve a problem, make something, or put on some kind of production.
The most evident examples are people in athletics or the performing arts, particularly dancing or acting.
5. Spatial Intelligence: the ability to represent the spatial world internally in your mind -- the way a sailor
or airplane pilot navigates the large spatial world, or the way a chess player or sculptor represents a
more circumscribed spatial world. Spatial intelligence can be used in the arts or in the sciences.
6. Naturalist Intelligence: the ability to discriminate among living things (plants, animals) and sensitivity
to other features of the natural world (clouds, rock configurations). This ability was clearly of value in
our evolutionary past as hunters, gatherers, and farmers; it continues to be central in such roles as
botanist or chef.
7. Intrapersonal Intelligence: having an understanding of yourself; knowing who you are, what you can
do, what you want to do, how you react to things, which things to avoid, and which things to gravitate
toward. We are drawn to people who have a good understanding of themselves. They tend to know
what they can and can't do, and to know where to go if they need help.
8. Interpersonal Intelligence: the ability to understand other people. It's an ability we all need, but is
especially important for teachers, clinicians, salespersons, or politicians -- anybody who deals with other
people.
9. Existential Intelligence: the ability and proclivity to pose (and ponder) questions about life, death, and
ultimate realities
Logical-mathematical intelligence consists of the capacity to analyze problems logically, carry out
mathematical operations, and investigate issues scientifically. In Howard Gardner’s words, it entails the
ability to detect patterns, reason deductively and think logically. This intelligence is most often
associated with scientific and mathematical thinking.
Musical intelligence involves skill in the performance, composition, and appreciation of musical patterns.
It encompasses the capacity to recognize and compose musical pitches, tones, and rhythms. According
to Howard Gardner musical intelligence runs in an almost structural parallel to linguistic intelligence.
Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence entails the potential of using one’s whole body or parts of the body to
solve problems. It is the ability to use mental abilities to coordinate bodily movements. Howard Gardner
sees mental and physical activity as related.
Spatial intelligence involves the potential to recognize and use the patterns of wide space and more
confined areas.
Interpersonal intelligence is concerned with the capacity to understand the intentions, motivations and
desires of other people. It allows people to work effectively with others. Educators, salespeople,
religious and political leaders and counsellors all need a well-developed interpersonal intelligence.
Intrapersonal intelligence entails the capacity to understand oneself, to appreciate one’s feelings, fears
and motivations. In Howard Gardner’s view it involves having an effective working model of ourselves,
and to be able to use such information to regulate our lives.
Logical/Mathematical Intelligence: NUMBER SMART
Thinks conceptually
Skilled in reasoning, logic and problem solving
Explores patterns, categories and relationships
Manipulates the environment to experiment in a controlled way
Questions and wonders about natural events
Scientists, engineers, computer programmers, accountants
Interpersonal Intelligence: PEOPLE SMART
Thinks and processes by relating, co-operating and communicating with others
Leaders among peers
Uncanny ability to sense feelings and intentions of others
Understands people, mediates conflict
Organizer, communicator, at times manipulative
Street smart, has many friends
Counselors, business people, politicians, community organizers
Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence: BODY SMART
Processes knowledge through bodily sensation
Excellent fine-motor co-ordination
Gut feelings about things
Great at mimicking your best or worst qualities and mannerisms
Needs to move around, often labeled hyperactive
Athletes, dancers, actors, mimes, clowns
Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence: MUSIC SMART
Thinks in sounds, rhythms and patterns
Sings, hums, whistles to themselves
Immediately responds to music
Performs and appreciates music and leads in songs
Sensitive to environmental sounds: crickets, bells, ambient music
Strong opinions of others' music
Choirs, orchestra, bands, disc jockeys, theatre
Intrapersonal: SELF SMART
Skilled in inner focusing
Displays a strong personality
Deep awareness of inner feelings, dreams and ideas
Reflective and analytical
Tends to shy away from team activities
Recognizes self strengths and weaknesses
Requires private space and time
Self-employed, researchers, theorists, philosphers
Linguistic/Verbal Intelligence: WORD SMART
Thinks in words
Highly developed auditory skills
Plays with sounds in language
Great story tellers, tall tales and jokes
Loves seeing, saying and hearing words
Heads are frequently stuck in a book
Likes to write
Teachers, journalists, writers, lawyers, translators
Spacial/Visual Intelligence: PICTURE SMART
Thinks in images and pictures
Clear visual images and representations
Knows the location of everything
Fascination with machines and contraptions
Inventors, architects, engineers, mechanics