AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Gardner, what is intrapersonal intelligence?
A
The gift of environmental awareness.
B
The gift of verbal or linguistic skills such as listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
C
The gift of working with people and understanding the complexity of human relationships.
D
The gift of inner thought, self-awareness, and self reflection as demonstrated in goal-setting, self assessing, and self regulating.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Intrapersonal intelligence is the capacity to understand oneself, to have an effective working model of oneself-including own’s desires, fears, and capacities-and to use such information effectively in regulating one’s own life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Interpersonal intelligence is one of Howard Gardner’s nine multiple intelligences, and this intelligence refers to how skillful an individual is in understanding and dealing with others. They are skilled at managing relationships and negotiating conflict.

Detailed explanation-3: -The eight types of intelligence described by Gardner include: musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic. In 2009, he also suggested two additional types of intelligence, namely, existential and moral.

Detailed explanation-4: -Intrapersonal intelligence is the ability to understand one’s self including their thoughts, fears, and motivations, and the ability to then utilize this understanding to make decisions and communicate.

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