Thursday, March 14, 2019

General Psychology

Assignment:

Post by Thursday a discussion on one of the concepts covered this week. If you have chosen Thinking, then discuss what confirmation bias, overconfidence, and belief perseverance are. If you have chosen Language, then discuss verbal/nonverbal behavior and child language development. If you have chosen Intelligence, then discuss what theory you tend to agree with the most (Spearman, Thurston, Gardner).


Work:


The Theory of Multiple Stereotypes


In the theories of intelligence, I agree with Howard Gardner because, since I was 12 years old, I was already into personality quizzes and know the MBTI well and the Enneagram, as well as catching onto some other systems.  I have a strong affinity for typing, personality types.  I see Gardner's theory as the most entertaining of the 3 psychologists.


Linguistic - This theory is much like the concept of language, pretty much communication.

Logical-Mathematical - It's people who are fascinated with things like patterns and figuring out the relationships between different things.  They get turned on by this probably in an artistic or romantic way.

Musical - Music is motion, and these people are good at dealing with fascination with the flow of things physically that produce a sign through sound.

Spatial - These people are gifted in synesthesia and like visual art, which is something people all venerate those with such skills of.

Bodily Kinesthetic - It is a general keenness towards things that have to do with a person physically, like dancing or things that involve physical props one maneuvers or utilizes with the body in a way that gives then satisfaction.

Intrapersonal - This is kind of like the thinking type in the MBTI and things along those lines in the Enneagram.  You are interested in people in a way that deals with topics of intelligence.

Interpersonal - This specifically attracts people who like exchanging feelings with people.  You have high emotional intelligence and practice this with joy.

Naturalist - These are people who are connected to the physical world, especially ecologically.  They feel the rhythm of life and the rest of nature and perhaps the connection to life itself.


I took a test and found I was 100% social and next a tie between musical and body movement.  That makes some sense to me because I enjoy learning to be a professional musician.

Though I agree with Gardner, I also disagree that these are not stereotypes.  I also disagree with other systems.  It's hard to make some things seem attractive yet not rebellious when they are not traditionally as popular, but the tests speak for themselves.


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