Test yourself

The way people think can be different depending on the person, and the person’s thinking ability is many-sided itself. Its brightest feature, perhaps, is the ability to notice the links, connections and similarities between a wide range of objects and phenomena. For example one patient was asked the question:”What is similar between river and watch?” The answer was: “There are stones both in river and in watches”. It is quite original thinking, isn’t it? It can’t pop into the mind of the average person.

Now try to test yourself. Below you can see 20 pairs of words and the table called CODE. You task is to identify the relationships between the words in each pare of words and then find the analogical pair of words in the table CODE, with circling the corresponding number from 1 to 6. Your time limit for doing the quiz is three minutes.

CODE

sheep - flock	light - darkness
raspberry - berry	poisoning - death
sea - ocean	enemy - foe

fright - escape	1 2 3 4 5 6
physics – science	1 2 3 4 5 6
right - wrong	1 2 3 4 5 6
bed (for vegetables) – kitchen-garden	1 2 3 4 5 6
pair - two	1 2 3 4 5 6
word – phrase	1 2 3 4 5 6
cheerful - slack	1 2 3 4 5 6
freedom - liberty	1 2 3 4 5 6
country - town	1 2 3 4 5 6
praise - curse	1 2 3 4 5 6
revenge - arson	1 2 3 4 5 6
ten - number	1 2 3 4 5 6
cry - roar	1 2 3 4 5 6
chapter - novel	1 2 3 4 5 6
rest - breathing	1 2 3 4 5 6
courage - heroism	1 2 3 4 5 6
coolness - frost	1 2 3 4 5 6
deception - mistrust	1 2 3 4 5 6
singing - art	1 2 3 4 5 6
bedside table - wardrobe	1 2 3 4 5 6

Lesson 11

GARDNER’S EIGHT INTELLIGENCES

Dr. Howard Gardner from Harvard University has identified the following intelligences:

1. Linguistic intelligence

People with this kind of intelligence understand and use language easily. They think logically and analytically. They enjoy reading and writing, memorizing information, talking and building new vocabularies (they are great spellers). They may also be excellent storytellers.

2. Logical-mathematical intelligence

People with lots of logical intelligence are interested in patterns, categories and relationships. They are interested in arithmetic problems, strategy games, experiments and how things work. They often find unusual ways to solve problems, but they may not be able to explain how they did it.

3. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence

These people process knowledge through bodily sensations. They are often athletic; they may be dancers or good at crafts such as sewing or woodworking. They enjoy training their bodies to do their physical best. Having to sit for a long time is very uncomfortable for them.

4. Visual-spatial intelligence

People with this kind of intelligence think in images and pictures. They have a very good sense of direction and enjoy maps or jigsaw puzzles, or spend free time drawing, building things or daydreaming. People with strength in this area have the most potential to be successful in new technological fields such as computers.

5. Musical-rhythmic intelligence

Those with this kind of intelligence often sing or drum to themselves. They are usually quite aware of sounds that other people may miss. These people are often careful listeners.

6. Interpersonal intelligence

People who have a lot of interpersonal intelligence are often leaders. They are good at communicating and seem to understand others’ feelings and motives.

7. Intrapersonal intelligence

These people may be shy. They understand themselves much better than others may understand them. They are highly motivated to be true to their goals and do not care very much about what other people think of them.

8. Naturalist intelligence

People with a strong naturalist intelligence have an outstanding knowledge of things in the natural world, such as plants and animals. They also have ability to see how things fit into different categories. They like to fish, garden, cook, and carefully observe things.