CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INTELLIGENCE AND ITS THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Being “body smart” refers to which type of intelligence, according to Gardner?
A
Interpersonal
B
Spatial
C
Logical
D
Kinestheic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bodily kinesthetic intelligence is the capacity to manipulate objects and use a variety of physical skills. This intelligence also involves a sense of timing and the perfection of skills through mind–body union. Athletes, dancers, surgeons, and crafts people exhibit well-developed bodily kinesthetic intelligence.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gardner defines bodily-kinesthetic intelligence as the ability to solve problems or create products using the body or parts. It is the intelligence of strength, endurance, flexibility, balance, dexterity, movement, expression, and body language.

Detailed explanation-3: -BODY SMART (bodily/kinesthetic intelligence) is the ability to use the body to express emotion (as in dance and body language), to play a game (as in sports), and to create a new product (as in invention). Refinement of either or both large and small motor skills are central in this smart.

Detailed explanation-4: -To broaden this notion of intelligence, Gardner introduced eight different types of intelligences consisting of: Linguistic, Logical/Mathematical, Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Naturalist.

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