PSY 9 Essay: Gardners theory

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Title: PSY 9
Below are some forms of intelligence, as espoused in Gardner’s theory.
Verbal or linguistic intelligence, according to Gardner, is espoused by the oratory and auditory ability of an individual. Individuals with verbal intelligence are good at writing, reading, as well as languages. This ability is responsible for the fact that many of them are authors, orators and poets (Gardner, 202). Individuals such as authors and poets have a way of using words to tell stories, convey messages and espouse emotions.
In body or kinesthetic intelligence, the most appropriate examples are actors, athletes and soldiers. The fact that these careers require total mastery over one’s body and actions is the main reason why the best in these fields have high kinesthetic intelligence. Actors, for example, have to reproduce actions and emotions that were purely imagined. The ability to reproduce the actions as imagined requires that complete control over the body, and this is kinesthetic intelligence (Gardner, 287).
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