Psychology Tests Multiple Intelligences

Psychology Tests Multiple Intelligences

Psychology Tests Multiple Intelligences

Core Intelligences

Harvard University’s Howard Gardner proposed in his 1983 book, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, the theory that while conservative descriptions of intelligence, or getting along in the environment basically calculated math, logical and language-based intelligence in conventional IQ tests, there are in fact now eight kinds of “core intelligences,” in each of us.

Many of the standard IQ tests measure forms of cognitive strength and intelligence. The most common instruments are the Wechsler WISC, the Otis-Lennon OLSAT-8, and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales SB5. However, can cognitive ability tests measure intelligences beyond a child’s mathematical and verbal, and perceptual abilities?