AP Psychology 2.1 Testing and Individual Differences

All right.. American developmental psychologist

Howard Earl Gardner is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences [Howard Gardner smiling with his hand on his chin]

which differentiates intelligence into specific modalities as opposed to

understandings of intelligence as a singular ability as held by

psychologists like Charles Spearman okay so we got modalities versus the

individual singular thing okay, so let's take a close look at each slice of pizza [A pizza in a box appears with a man holding a knife and fork]

and see what answer doesn't fit don't get too excited it's just a metaphor...all

right slice one is visual spatial which describes the ability to draw [A pizza slice drawing]

conceptualize 3d spaces, do puzzles, and even daydream artists architects and

engineers would love this slice, the second slice is bodily kinesthetic and

describes one's mastery of their own body this slice favors athletes dancers [slice of pizza working out]

and other hands on lonely types..All right next this third slice of pizza is the

musical slice and describes ones penchant for rhythm and sound naturally if you're [Slice of pizza playing a guitar on stage]

at a party you'd want to feed this slice to the band.. this fourth slice however

would go to the host of the party as it's the interpersonal intelligence

slice that describes the ability to effectively interact with others and we [Slice of pizza interacting with another slice of pizza at a dinner table]

lack a lot of that at shmoop here grouch, grouch. The fifth slice

metaphorically represents intrapersonal intelligence; intelligence refers to the

ability to understand one's own desires goals and interests and to act and be [A slice of pizza thinking about it's own goals and desires]

the person you want to be, you know like in the army ad. This slice wouldn't

actually be eaten by anyone because, well it doesn't actually exist and only

serves to better illustrate our lesson yeah happy Gardner all right well this

sixth slice of pizza is just a piece of pizza and it's [one remaining slice of pizza in a box]

nothing at all to do with the sixth kind of intelligence which is linguistic

intelligence and describes the ability to use words effectively journalists and

poets wouldn't care about this slice of pizza at all..All right the seventh kind

of intelligence is logical mathematical and naturally refers to one's ability to

use numbers think mathematicians and statisticians and this final slice of [Slice of pizza beside a list of numbers]

pizza completely comprises naturalistic intelligence, i.e the pepperonis on the

pizza are actually made of things like the ability to recognize flowers and [slice of pizza looking at flowers in a meadow]

animals and anything to do with the natural world it would be wholly

consumed by hunters and farmers and botanists. This last slice isn't just a

metaphor it's quite literally naturalistic intelligence incarnate [Slice of pizza, hunter, botanist and farmer walk away together]

looking at our answers and it's clear that , culinary is the odd one out

meaning it's the answer we're looking for, though if you've made it through this

entire pizza video you've probably gotten a pretty keen sense of culinary

intelligence even if that well technically isn't to think..[Richard Gardner thinking about pizza]