Psychology 2043A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Longitudinal Study, Heredity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2043A/B
• Professor: Alexandra Twyman

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Psych 2043a: children with special gifts and talents. Gifted: people with intellectual gifts, may be referred to as prodigies if they develop at an extraordinary pace. Each culture defines giftedness based on their own cultural image, according to the abilities and cultural value. They value certain types of giftedness more than others. Ex) ancient greeks valued the philosopher, romans valued the engineer and soldier etc. ** the very top tier of gifted students may be able to achieve extraordinary things but only with the right environment and supports, they may need individualized programs to learn. Howard garner said that the multiple intelligences that need specific educational attention are: linguistic, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist natural world knowledge, may not notice this in school. ** many children will have strengths in one of a few of the areas vs. all.