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Theory of multiple intelligences, the Glossary

The theory of multiple intelligences (MI) proposes the differentiation of human intelligence into specific intelligences, rather than defining intelligence as a single, general ability.^[1]

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Aesthetics

Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste; and functions as the philosophy of art.

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Alan S. Kaufman

Alan S. Kaufman (born April 1944) is an American psychologist, writer, and research professor known for his work on intelligence testing.

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Algorithm

In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation.

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Andreas Demetriou

Andreas Demetriou (Ανδρέας Δημητρίου; born Andreas Panteli Demetriou on 15 August 1950) is a Greek Cypriot developmental psychologist and former Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus.

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Aptitude

An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level.

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Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.

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Babe Ruth

George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

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Basic Books

Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York City, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group.

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Behavioral neuroscience, also known as biological psychology, biopsychology, or psychobiology,, Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary is the application of the principles of biology to the study of physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behavior in humans and other animals.

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Big Think

Big Think is a multimedia web portal founded in 2007 by Victoria Brown and Peter Hopkins.

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Bloom's taxonomy

Bloom's taxonomy is a set of three hierarchical models used for classification of educational learning objectives into levels of complexity and specificity.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Cattell–Horn–Carroll theory

The Cattell–Horn–Carroll theory (commonly abbreviated to CHC), is a psychological theory on the structure of human cognitive abilities.

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Cognition

Cognition is the "mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses".

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Cognitive neuroscience

Cognitive neuroscience is the scientific field that is concerned with the study of the biological processes and aspects that underlie cognition, with a specific focus on the neural connections in the brain which are involved in mental processes.

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Cognitive science

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary, scientific study of the mind and its processes.

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Digital intelligence

Digital intelligence is the sum of social, emotional, and cognitive abilities that enable individuals to face the challenges and adapt to the demands of life in the digital world.

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Disclaimer

A disclaimer is generally any statement intended to specify or delimit the scope of rights and obligations that may be exercised and enforced by parties in a legally recognized relationship.

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Dwarf planet

A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough to be gravitationally rounded, but insufficient to achieve orbital dominance like the eight classical planets of the Solar System.

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Educational neuroscience

Educational neuroscience (or neuroeducation, a component of Mind Brain and Education) is an emerging scientific field that brings together researchers in cognitive neuroscience, developmental cognitive neuroscience, educational psychology, educational technology, education theory and other related disciplines to explore the interactions between biological processes and education. Theory of multiple intelligences and educational neuroscience are education theory.

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Emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence (EI) is defined as the ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions. Theory of multiple intelligences and Emotional intelligence are intelligence by type and life skills.

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Empirical evidence

Empirical evidence for a proposition is evidence, i.e. what supports or counters this proposition, that is constituted by or accessible to sense experience or experimental procedure.

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Ethics

Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena.

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Eusociality (Greek εὖ eu "good" and social) is the highest level of organization of sociality.

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Executive functions

In cognitive science and neuropsychology, executive functions (collectively referred to as executive function and cognitive control) are a set of cognitive processes that are necessary for the cognitive control of behavior: selecting and successfully monitoring behaviors that facilitate the attainment of chosen goals.

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Experimental psychology

Experimental psychology refers to work done by those who apply experimental methods to psychological study and the underlying processes.

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Falsifiability

Falsifiability (or refutability) is a deductive standard of evaluation of scientific theories and hypotheses, introduced by the philosopher of science Karl Popper in his book The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934).

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Fluid and crystallized intelligence

The concepts of fluid intelligence (gf) and crystallized intelligence (gc) were introduced in 1943 by the psychologist Raymond Cattell. Theory of multiple intelligences and fluid and crystallized intelligence are intelligence by type.

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Frontiers in Psychology

Frontiers in Psychology is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal covering all aspects of psychology.

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G factor (psychometrics)

The g factor (also known as general intelligence, general mental ability or general intelligence factor) is a construct developed in psychometric investigations of cognitive abilities and human intelligence.

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General contractor

A contractor (North American English) or builder (British English), is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project.

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George Armitage Miller

George Armitage Miller (February 3, 1920 – July 22, 2012) was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of cognitive psychology, and more broadly, of cognitive science.

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Henri Wallon (psychologist)

Henri Paul Hyacinthe Wallon (March 15, 1879 – December 1, 1962) was a French philosopher, psychologist (in the field of social psychology), neuropsychiatrist, teacher, and politician.

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History of life

The history of life on Earth traces the processes by which living and extinct organisms evolved, from the earliest emergence of life to the present day.

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Holism

Holism is the interdisciplinary idea that systems possess properties as wholes apart from the properties of their component parts.

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Howard Gardner

Howard Earl Gardner (born July 11, 1943) is an American developmental psychologist and the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard University.

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Human intelligence

Human intelligence is the intellectual capability of humans, which is marked by complex cognitive feats and high levels of motivation and self-awareness.

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Hunter-gatherer

A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, fungi, honey, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, and/or by hunting game (pursuing and/or trapping and killing wild animals, including catching fish).

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Intelligence

Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

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Intelligence quotient

An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardised tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence. Theory of multiple intelligences and intelligence quotient are intelligence by type.

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James Traub

James Traub (born 1954) is an American journalist.

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Jean Piaget

Jean William Fritz Piaget (9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development.

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Jerome Bruner

Jerome Seymour Bruner (October 1, 1915 – June 5, 2016) was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology.

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Leafcutter ant

Leafcutter ants, a non-generic name, are any of 47 species of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the two genera Atta and Acromyrmex, within the tribe Attini.

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Learning styles

Learning styles refer to a range of theories that aim to account for differences in individuals' learning.

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Linda Gottfredson

Linda Susanne Gottfredson (née Howarth; born 1947) is an American psychologist and writer.

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Logic

Logic is the study of correct reasoning.

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Mental chronometry

Mental chronometry is the scientific study of processing speed or reaction time on cognitive tasks to infer the content, duration, and temporal sequencing of mental operations.

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Metacognition is an awareness of one's thought processes and an understanding of the patterns behind them.

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Michael Eysenck

Michael William Eysenck (born 8 February 1944) is a British academic psychologist, and is an Emeritus Professor in Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development

Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development criticize and build upon Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development.

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Neuroscience

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders.

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Neuroscience and intelligence

Neuroscience and intelligence refers to the various neurological factors that are partly responsible for the variation of intelligence within species or between different species.

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Paleolithic flute

During regular archaeological excavations, several flutes that date to the European Upper Paleolithic were discovered in caves in the Swabian Alb region of Germany.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.

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Proprioception

Proprioception is the sense of self-movement, force, and body position.

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Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.

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Psychometrics

Psychometrics is a field of study within psychology concerned with the theory and technique of measurement.

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Research

Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge".

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Robert Sternberg

Robert J. Sternberg (born December 8, 1949) is an American psychologist and psychometrician.

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Sales

Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods sold in a given targeted time period.

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Sandra Scarr

Sandra Wood Scarr (August 8, 1936 – October 8, 2021) was an American psychologist and writer.

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Savant syndrome

Savant syndrome is a phenomenon where someone demonstrates exceptional aptitude in one domain, such as art or mathematics, despite significant social or intellectual impairment.

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Self-awareness

In philosophy of self, self-awareness is the experience of one's own personality or individuality.

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Self-control

Self-control is an aspect of inhibitory control, one of the core executive functions.

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Social intelligence is the ability to understand one's own and others' actions. Theory of multiple intelligences and Social intelligence are intelligence by type and life skills.

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Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy)

The distinction between subjectivity and objectivity is a basic idea of philosophy, particularly epistemology and metaphysics.

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Tautology (logic)

In mathematical logic, a tautology (from ταυτολογία) is a formula or assertion that is true in every possible interpretation.

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The Bell Curve

The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life is a 1994 book by psychologist Richard J. Herrnstein and political scientist Charles Murray, in which the authors argue that human intelligence is substantially influenced by both inherited and environmental factors and that it is a better predictor of many personal outcomes, including financial income, job performance, birth out of wedlock, and involvement in crime than are an individual's parental socioeconomic status.

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The New Republic

The New Republic is an American publisher focused on domestic politics, news, culture, and the arts, with ten magazines a year and a daily online platform.

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Triarchic theory of intelligence

The Triarchic Theory of Intelligence or Three Forms of Intelligence, formulated by psychologist Robert Sternberg, aims to go against the psychometric approach to intelligence and take a more cognitive approach, which leaves it to the category of the cognitive-contextual theories. Theory of multiple intelligences and Triarchic theory of intelligence are psychological theories.

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is an IQ test designed to measure intelligence and cognitive ability in adults and older adolescents.

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Wiley (publisher)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.

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Working memory

Working memory is a cognitive system with a limited capacity that can hold information temporarily.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences

Also known as Eight Aptitudes, Frames Of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Frames of Mind, Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence, Howard gardner's multiple intelligences theoriy, Howard gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, Intelligence modalities, Interpersonal intelligence, Intrapersonal intelligence, Modalities of intelligence, Multiple Intelligence, Multiple Intelligences, Multiple Intelligences Theory, Multiple intelligence theory, Naturalist Intelligence, Physical Intelligence, Seven intelligences.

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