Book contents
- In the Know
- In the Know
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Section 1 The Nature of Intelligence
- 1 Intelligence Is Whatever Collection of Tasks a Psychologist Puts on a Test
- 2 Intelligence Is Too Complex to Summarize with One Number
- 3 IQ Does Not Correspond to Brain Anatomy or Functioning
- 4 Intelligence Is a Western Concept that Does Not Apply to Non-Western Cultures
- 5 There Are Multiple Intelligences in the Human Mind
- 6 Practical Intelligence Is a Real Ability, Separate from General Intelligence
- Section 2 Measuring Intelligence
- Section 3 Influences on Intelligence
- Section 4 Intelligence and Education
- Section 5 Life Consequences of Intelligence
- Section 6 Demographic Group Differences
- Section 7 Societal and Ethical Issues
- References
- Index
5 - There Are Multiple Intelligences in the Human Mind
from Section 1 - The Nature of Intelligence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 October 2020
- In the Know
- In the Know
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Section 1 The Nature of Intelligence
- 1 Intelligence Is Whatever Collection of Tasks a Psychologist Puts on a Test
- 2 Intelligence Is Too Complex to Summarize with One Number
- 3 IQ Does Not Correspond to Brain Anatomy or Functioning
- 4 Intelligence Is a Western Concept that Does Not Apply to Non-Western Cultures
- 5 There Are Multiple Intelligences in the Human Mind
- 6 Practical Intelligence Is a Real Ability, Separate from General Intelligence
- Section 2 Measuring Intelligence
- Section 3 Influences on Intelligence
- Section 4 Intelligence and Education
- Section 5 Life Consequences of Intelligence
- Section 6 Demographic Group Differences
- Section 7 Societal and Ethical Issues
- References
- Index
Summary
Howard Gardner’s Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, published originally in 1983, is one of those works, like Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams or B. F. Skinner’s Walden Two, that has seeped into the wider culture and pop psychology. Even people who have never read Frames of Mind know of the theory of multiple intelligences and may identify themselves as having, for example, high logical-mathematical intelligence, low intrapersonal intelligence, or high bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. In almost all introductory psychology textbooks Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences is summarized (Warne et al., 2018), and Frames of Mind is one of the most commonly cited works in those textbooks (Griggs, Proctor, & Cook, 2004).
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- In the KnowDebunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence, pp. 52 - 61Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020