Essays on Intelligence

What Is Emotional Intelligence? And why is it important? According to (Goleman, D., 1995) “described emotional intelligence in five domains: knowing one’s emotions, managing one’s emotions, motivating oneself by marshaling emotions, recognizing emotions in others, and managing emotions in others so as to handle relationships.” It is the intangible force that guides us as we…

Introduction Emotional intelligence is described as one’s own ability to recognize, understand, and control their thoughts and feelings. It is being able to cope with stressful situations, controls urges, and allowing time to process before responding. In addition, to being conscious of your emotions, we must be able to understand other’s emotions through observations and…

Vygotsky’s Theory and Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences The concept of learning is governed by various learning theories that serve as the guidelines and protocols utilized in optimizing teaching and learning procedures. Learning and teaching processes are usually guided by vast numbers of theories that explains the rationale and suggests ways in order to maximize the quality…

Emotional intelligence comes from the ability of an individual to recognize, understand, and manage their emotions, while being able to understand and influence the emotions of those around you. By that definition, emotionally intelligent individuals know that their emotions can drive behaviors and have a big impact on those around you, both positively and negatively…

Most of us are now aware of damage which our modern way of life is doing to the environment. This includes the harm which we are inflicting on many animals. Indeed, we are in danger of wiping out some species, if we have not already done so. For millions of years, extinction among animals was…

Unit 4 Sternberg, Spearman, and Gardner Models of Intelligence Aspects Psychology 206 In 1949 Robert Stenberg was born and is presently alive today. Robert J. Sternberg’s stunning study profession in psychology had quite an unpromising beginning; similar to a lot of the psychologists, his attention in human intelligence started at an early age. In the…

IQ tests are less the result of psychometric theorizing than they are he instruments that produce the raw data for theory construction. IQ tests were developed at the turn of the century in France by Alfred Bines and Theodore Smith. The original tests – and to a large extent even modern versions, were not based…

Feed, a satirical novel written by M. T. Anderson, depicts a futuristic world where technology is not just all around us anymore, but inside our own heads at all times. The majority of Americans have a Feed. This is the mechanism that is installed into one’s brain (preferably at birth, as the reader learns) that…

My own Multiple Intelligences Survey results suggest that my strengths lie along the Musical and Logical intelligence areas. This is understandable since I love listening to music. I easily pick on rhythms, beats and other noise patterns around me. Listening to sounds in nature soothe me whenever I am stressed or agitated. I also remember…

In A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner introduces the idea of seven different intelligences, combating the idea of contemporary intelligence. Gardner defines the contemporary view of intelligence as, an individual’s intelligence test score based on his or her age with no regard to experience or training. In his words, “It is…