Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

• Enables one to manipulate objects and fine-tune physical skills
• Is evident in those who rely on whole-body coordination, such as dancers and athletes, and those who depend on fine-motor coordination, such as jewellers and surgeons
• Enables one to unite body and mind to perfect physical performance
• Involves an acute sense of timing and the transformation of intention into action

Interpersonal Intelligence

• Enables one to understand, communicate and interact effectively with others
• Is evident in successful teachers, social workers, actors, politicians, clergy and salesmen
• Involves a sensitivity to the moods and temperaments of others
• Involves a sensitivity to both verbal and non-verbal communication
• Involves the ability to form and maintain relationships with others

Intrapersonal Intelligence

• Refers to the ability to form an accurate model of oneself and to use such knowledge in planning and directing one's life
• Is evident in psychiatrists, philosophers, and spiritual leaders
• Is used to gain self-awareness and develop and express one’s sense of self
• Involves reflecting on one's thinking and learning processes
• Matures as one gains life experiences and learns how to set goals and achieve them
• Is usually the last intelligence to develop fully

Linguistic Intelligence

• Is the ability to think in words and to use language to express complex meanings
• Is the most widely shared form of intelligence, because all people throughout the world have developed linguistic forms of communication
• Is evident in public speakers, journalists, novelists and poets
• Is expressed through reading, writing, speaking and listening
• Is used extensively in teaching and learning

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

• Enables one to calculate, quantify, consider propositions and hypotheses, and carry out complex mathematical operations
• Is evident in scientists, mathematicians, and detectives
• Enables one to discern patterns and relationships
• Is responsible for sequential reasoning skills and deductive and inductive thinking
• Is evident in scientific processes and methods

Musical Intelligence

• Is evident in people with a sensitivity to pitch, melody, rhythm and tone, such as composers, conductors, musicians, music critics, singers, instrument makers and skilled listeners
• Is used to recognise, imitate, reproduce and create music
• Includes the ability to read and respond to musical notation
• Involves sensitivity to the affective or emotional qualities and aspects of music
• Is usually the earliest intelligence to emerge

Naturalist Intelligences

• Is the ability to easily recognise and classify flora and fauna and other objects in nature
• Includes the ability to identify and classify patterns in nature
• Is evident in people from tribal cultures who knew which animals to hunt and could distinguish between harmful and useful plants
• Is evident in people who can identify endangered plant or animal species, and those who are sensitive to changes in weather patterns or are adept at distinguishing nuances between large numbers of similar objects
• Is evident in biologists, zoologists, botanists and farmers

Spatial Intelligence

• Involves the capacity to think in three-dimensional terms
• Is evident in sailors, pilots, sculptors, painters, artists and architects
• Enables one to perceive both external and internal imagery
• Includes the ability to navigate through space
• Is expressed in graphic or artistic representation and interpretation
• Often involves an active imagination and visualisation even without sight