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Frames of Mind

Howard Gardner

Is intelligence one general capacity, or are there several distinct kinds of intelligence?

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Author
Howard Gardner

Why read it

  • You will question the common assumption that intelligence is a single general capacity
  • You will see intelligence as shaped at once by inborn gifts, a child's development and the practices of a culture
  • You will learn what evidence might show that a skill is its own intelligence, such as isolation by brain damage

Who it is for

  • Teacher who notices students shine in different ways
  • Parent wondering what their child is good at
  • Psychology student studying theories of intelligence

Contents

  1. MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
  2. The Principal Themes of Frames of Mind
  3. Studies of Intelligence
  4. Frames of Mind and My Recent Work
  5. Criticisms of MI Theory
  6. Future Work
  7. PREFACE, 1983
  8. NOTE ON THE PROJECT ON HUMAN POTENTIAL, 1983
  9. PART I - BACKGROUND
  10. 1 - The Idea of Multiple Intelligences
  11. Psychology Proper
  12. Piaget
  13. The Information-Processing Approach
  14. The “Symbol Systems” Approach
  15. The Phenomena to Be Explained
  16. Lessons from Genetics
  17. The Neurobiological Perspective
  18. Canalization Versus Plasticity
  19. Identifying the Elements of the Nervous System
  20. Views of Brain Organization
  21. Conclusion
  22. Prerequisites of an Intelligence
  23. Criteria of an Intelligence
  24. Potential Isolation by Brain Damage
  25. The Existence of Idiots Savants, Prodigies, and Other Exceptional Individuals
  26. An Identifiable Core Operation or Set of Operations
  27. A Distinctive Developmental History, Along with a Definable Set of Expert “End-State” Performances
  28. An Evolutionary History and Evolutionary Plausibility
  29. Support from Experimental Psychological Tasks
  30. Support from Psychometric Findings
  31. Susceptibility to Encoding in a Symbol System
  32. Delimiting the Concept of an Intelligence
  33. Conclusion
  34. PART II - THE THEORY
  35. Poetry: Linguistic Intelligence Exemplified
  36. The Core Operations of Language
  37. The Development of Linguistic Skills
  38. The Development of the Writer
  39. The Brain and Language
  40. Cross-Cultural Linguistic Variations
  41. Language as a Tool
  42. Conclusion
  43. Composing
  44. The Components of Musical Intelligence
  45. The Development of Musical Competence
  46. Evolutionary and Neurological Facets of Music
  47. Unusual Musical Talents
  48. Relation to Other Intellectual Competences
  49. Piaget’s Portrait of Logical-Mathematical Thought
  50. The Work of the Mathematician
  51. The Practice of Science
  52. Mathematical Talent in Isolation
  53. Logic and Mathematics Across Cultures
  54. Mathematics, Science, and the Passage of Time
  55. Relation to the Other Intelligences
  56. The Dimensions of Spatial Intelligence
  57. Development of Spatial Intelligence
  58. Neuropsychological Considerations
  59. Unusual Forms of Spatial Ability and Disability
  60. The Uses of Spatial Intelligence

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