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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by Howard Gardner

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a very intelligent man who has yet to figure out what to do with his hands [Howard Gardner photographs along a corridor]

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when being photographed... All right which of the following is not one of the types of

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intelligence identified by Howard Gardner in his multiple intelligence

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theory.. and here the potential answers [mumbling answers]

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All right.. American developmental psychologist

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

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which differentiates intelligence into specific modalities as opposed to

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understandings of intelligence as a singular ability as held by

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psychologists like Charles Spearman okay so we got modalities versus the

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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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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]

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

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metaphorically represents intrapersonal intelligence; intelligence refers to the

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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]

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

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

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

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

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

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intelligence and describes the ability to use words effectively journalists and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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