h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

How can you leave out multiple intelligences? That is the brain-based learning basic. Is it all one inteligence with a variety of apptitudes or truly different intelligences?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by multiple intelligences.

generally, you have general intelligence which is like how good you are generally at problem solving, and then various specific intelligences which cover areas which have been identified as not being completely covered by general intelligence.

however the two sorts do interrelate.

people have repeatedly tried to come up with theories which exclude the idea of general intelligence, and basically end up having to re-introduce it to get the sums to work out properly.

equally, people have tried to place all the credit on general intelligence, and have found that that doesn't really work either.

so it does seem to be a mix of general intelligence with a set of specific intelligences that work with it.

The Harvard folks have come up with multiple intelligences. They are (if I can remember) 1) verbal 2)musical 3)mathematical 4)kinesthetic 5)interpersonal 6)intrapersonal 7) emotional etc. etc. etc. Can't remember them all.

do you mean like those mentioned in the entry on some of the specific intelligences on A582220 ?