Intelligence Test Paper

An Intelligence test is a form of psychological test that is intended to evaluate a variety of mental functions, such as logic, comprehension, and judgment. The goal of intelligence tests is to obtain an idea of the person's intellectual potential. The tests center around a set of stimuli designed to yield a score based on the test maker's model of what makes up intelligence (Intelligence tests, 2016). Psychologists have long debated on what is the best way to measure intelligence. They began to focus on how intelligence is presented in the brain, how many kinds of intelligence are there and much more. There are multiple types of intelligence tests, however they all differ for they do not measure the same abilities.

Howard Gardner is an American Psychologists who began research on multiple intelligences. Overall his theory differed and varied from other theories that believed that intelligence was only one dimensional ("Howard Gardner Born 1943", 2009"). According to this theory, "we are all able to know the world through language, logical-mathematical analysis, spatial representation, musical thinking, the use of the body to solve problems or to make things, an understanding of other individuals, and an understanding of ourselves. Where individuals differ is in the strength of these intelligences - the so-called profile of intelligences -and in the ways in which such intelligences are invoked and combined to carry out different tasks, solve diverse problems, and progress in various domains."(Lane, n.d). I agree with Gardner, because no human is alike and we all possess different minds so well will vary when it comes to which intelligence are we most successful

Interpersonal Intelligence is basically having the capability to recognize and understand other individuals emotions, needs, and motivation (Helding,2009). I chose Interpersonal because it is basically describing "People smart", and I am definitely that. First we should all remember that we live in a world that inhabits millions of people that all differ from one another, for no human being is the same. We work, communicate, and engage in recreation with them so it is of great importance that we know how to interact with one another. Referring back to an article I read called "Multiple Intelligences" (Lane, n.d.) it had stated that interpersonal is about understanding another individual and learning this through the form of interaction. "They have many friends, empathy for others, street smarts. I am very social and have many friends so this resembles me a lot. They can be taught through group activities, seminars, and dialogs." This is a very important intelligence because although we are all individuals we live in society as a group, and because of that we learn how to converse effectively, analyze and understand behavior, and further go in depth to discover/unravel our social ability, especially since we are in a world filled with