Knowing Yourself and Put It on the Right Track
Once i read a book with title "multiple intelligence"….. it’s been a long time ago. I remember i took it from "popular" shelf in Gramedia store in Istana Plaza. I wish there were a Barnes & Noble in Indonesia, so we can take any book, lie on the floor and read for free….. without uncomfortable feeling with the shopkeeper.The book was very interesting for me and give me a new perspective, how people have a
different types of gift. It classified intelligence as 13 different types. I just remember some of it…. Logic, Numeric, Verbal, Spatial, Physical, Spiritual(SQ), Emotional (EQ), Art, Creativity, Mechanical etc. As we know, people perceive intelligence as logic, numeric and verbal-spatial skill (IQ test). There’re many types of physiological test to determine this various type of intelligence. My first physiological test was on my entrance test in Art and Design Faculty. I thought it was an artistic skill test, since we were drawing to create objects from basic shape (line, curve, circle, square). The more complex and interesting the objects, the better score we got. In fact, it was testing our creativity and imagination. My next two physiological test were similar. I took them when i applied in company which has developed their human and resources department well. From the questions in first session of the test, i guess they want to know how our personality interact inside working community. They want to find out are we a team player or individual player, are we a thinker or practical person and how we interact with our boss,etc. The second session was IQ test. The third section was an elementary school task. We have to calculate one whole A3 page with hundreds of number.it was only one digit addition. But imagine how we have to count hundreds of addition in a very short time. In my opinion, it was test how we work in pressure, beside our numeric skill. And how we struggling and push our limits (AQ). One of those my last two psychological test has a general knowledge session which covered physic, biology, literature, history, geography, etc. Just like our high school subjects. Psychology is very interesting. …… Check this 256 skills as verb out. And you will know that in some area you are better than average people.
May 7th, 2007 at 12:49 am
i looked at the list and was surprised that there are skills that i never thought as a skill. thanks for the list. it’s always good to learn something new.
i had the same kind of psychological test that you got 2 years ago when i applied at Jaya. it was actually fun to do it. i always wonder what i got though, because it was only for the HRD people.
May 7th, 2007 at 7:01 am
ya… it was interesting. but i just guess what the purpose of the test based on my opinion. we need the real psychologist to find it out. thank you fatma
May 9th, 2007 at 6:45 am
the one about adding 1 digit number with the next one, you guessed right, it’s to see whether we could work under pressure or not, at least that’s what my sister told me (she works in HRD).
May 9th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
weee… thanks fatma. nice to know that my hypothesis is correct.
May 28th, 2007 at 12:10 am
The senses and intelligence
(i just found it in wikipedia)
Out of research into how creativity manifests in different individuals, Howard Gardner described multiple kinds of intelligence: visual, musical, logical/mathematical, linguistic, movement, naturalistic, kinesthetic, intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligences. Most of these correspond to particular senses - in fact, all of them may if Rudolf Steiner’s higher senses of language, thought and ego are included. Other senses (taste, smell) may also have their own particular intelligences (Gardner has said that his search for additional intelligences continues). The relationship between intelligence and sensory perception thus appears to be a close one. Guy Murchie proposed more than 30 senses exist including the sense of time and the sense of fear.