Intelligence Types - Linzey

Intelligence Types - Linzey

1. Emotional Intelligence

   • Psychologists Salovey and Mayer's theory that intelligence consists of 4 actions connected to emotions: managing emotions, using emotions to process thought, understanding others' emotions and following emotional language (Grison & Gazzaniga, 2019).

2. General Intelligence

   • Spearman's theory is that intelligence is based on performance on intellectual tasks. Higher general intelligence leads to higher scores on intellectual tests like the IQ test (Grison & Gazzaniga, 2019).

3. Fluid & Crystallized Intelligence

   • Cattell's theory is that there are two types of intelligence: Fluid and Crystallized. Fluid intelligence is thinking quickly and flexibly to process information. Crystallized intelligence is solving problems using information gained by experience (Grison & Gazzaniga, 2019).

4. Triarchic Theory

   • Sternberg's theory that there are 3 types of intelligence: Analytical, Creative and Practical. Analytical intelligence involves performing well on intellectual tests such as puzzles. Creative intelligence involves thinking in different ways outside the norm to solve problems. Practical intelligence is involved with the capability to solve everyday tasks (Grison & Gazzaniga, 2019).

5. Multiple Intelligence

   • Gardner's theory is that there are seven different types of intelligence and they are all independent of each other. They include Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Mathematical/logical, music, linguistic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal (Grison & Gazzaniga, 2019).